The Naming of Names by Anna Pavord
$25.00
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About this book
How did plants acquire their names, and how did people begin to organise the bewildering variety of the natural world? Anna Pavord traces that history through ancient Greek scholarship, medieval herbals, Renaissance gardens and the work of botanists, travellers and illustrators. Botanical images accompany a narrative connecting plant identification with medicine, exploration and the growth of scientific knowledge.
Details: Anna Pavord. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2005. First UK edition, first printing. Hardcover with dust jacket, 471 pages. English. ISBN 9780747579526 (ISBN-10 0747579520).
Condition: Used, with rubbing and light creasing along the dust-jacket edges, particularly the top edge.
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