Herball

Name: Herball
ISBN: 9780517464700

John Gerard

1392 pages · about 23 hours
First published 1597
36 editions
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1 About this book

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Good for readers who want: history and a long read.

Botany
Medicinal plants
Plants
Herbal Medicine
History
Gardens
Herbals
Herbs

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3 About John Gerard

1545–1612

John Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London. His 1,484-page illustrated Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes, first published in 1597, became a popular gardening and herbal book in English in the 17th century.

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