Searching for order : the history of the alchemists, herbalists and philosophers who unlocked the secrets of the plant world
Pavord, Anna2009
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Nomenclature is no easy sport - dreaming up names for any species, genus, group or even 'thing' has occupied and ravaged some of the world's greatest minds. Anna Pavord investigates botanical history throughout its formative stages in classical civilisation, through to the European Renaissance and beyond.
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London : Bloomsbury, 2009.
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480 p. ; 24 cm.
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Originally published: as The naming of names. 2005.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780747585299 (pbk)
Dewey class:
580.14
Language:
English
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245826