Grieve, Mrs. M. A Modern Herbal. The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folklore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs and Trees with All Their Modern Scientific Uses. Rep. Savvas with Jonathan Cape. 1984
pp.xv, 912 with text figs. Large 8vo. Fine hardback.
Originally published in 1931, ‘A Modern Herbal’ was considered the first comprehensive encyclopaedia of the uses of herbs since Culpeper, with descriptions, in alphabetical order, of over 1,000 English and American plants, giving the recipes for many, many remedies.
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