"The Naming of Names" traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe. Redefining man's relationship with nature was an important feature of the Renaissance. But in a world full of plaques and poisons, there was also a practical need to name and recognise different plants: most medicines were made from plant extracts. Anna Pavord takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, travelling from Athens in the third century BC, ...
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"The Naming of Names" traces the search for order in the natural world, a search that for hundreds of years occupied some of the most brilliant minds in Europe. Redefining man's relationship with nature was an important feature of the Renaissance. But in a world full of plaques and poisons, there was also a practical need to name and recognise different plants: most medicines were made from plant extracts. Anna Pavord takes us on a thrilling adventure into botanical history, travelling from Athens in the third century BC, through Constantinople, Venice, the medical school at Salerno to the universities of Pisa and Padua. The journey, traced here for the first time, involves the culture of Islam, the first expeditions to the Indies and the first settlers in the New World. In Athens, Aristotle's pupil, Theophrastus, is the first man ever to write a book about plants. What should these things properly be called, he asks. How can we sort and order them? The debate continues still, two thousand years later. Gradually, over a long period in Europe, plants assumed identities and acquired names. Artists painted the first pictures of them. Plants acquired the two-part names that show how they are related to other plants. But who began all this work, and how was it done? Sumptuously produced with real olive cloth binding and four colour printed inset illustration and illustrated in full colour, this special edition is a must-have companion to "The Tulip" special edition.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Dustwrapper, 4to, pp.472, colour and bw plates. Two thousand years of plant nomenclature shenanigans. Wrapper spine very slightly yellowed else a fine copy. Heavy book exceeding the 1000g at which the default postage quotation is set, and thus a request for the excess postage at cost will be made at time of order. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Fine condition. Bloomsbury, 2005. First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Large format brown hardback(black lettering to the spine, two small scratches on the edges of the cover) with Dj(two creases and small nicks on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with many colour, b/w photos, drawings. The book is new with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.472pp including Chronology, cast list, notes, bibliography, list of illustrations, index. Price un-clipped. Please note: This is very heavy book(approx 1.7 Kg).
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