HerbalEGram: Volume 7, Number 4, April 2010
April Featured Book Excerpt
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An Oak Spring Herbaria: Herbs and Herbals from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries: A Selection of the Rare Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art in the Collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon is written by  Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi and Tony Willis and published in 2009 by Oak Spring Garden Library. Hardcover; 349 pages. $89.00.
Winner of ABC's 2010 James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award, this book features 63 black-and-white and color scans of herbal paintings and other plant art ranging from the 14th to 19th centuries—all selected from the library’s extensive collection. The book also contains a richly-detailed history of the early origins of herbal art and literature, as well as the development of herbals and their uses.
An Oak Spring Herbaria is
available for purchase on the ABC online store.
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