MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK TRADITION: An Ethnobotany of Britain &…

MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK TRADITION: An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland. by Allen, David E. and Gabrielle Hatfield. < >

MEDICINAL PLANTS IN FOLK TRADITION: An Ethnobotany of Britain & Ireland.

Edition: First edition.

Portland, OR: Timber Press, (2004). Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive look at the medicinal uses of more than 400 species used by the people of Britain and Ireland. Based on firsthand accounts captured by surveys, on more than 1000 manuscript volumes of the Irish Folklore Commission, and on 300 other published and unpublished sources. Includes illustrations from herbals such as those by Bock, Fuchs, and Brunfels, a map and a selection of color photographs by Deni Bown. Includes an appendix on veterinary remedies, sources and indexes of folk uses, scientific names and vernacular names. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-881926388.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 71246
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