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"Easily accessible version of Gerard's classic herbal."

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"Source text with beautiful renaissance illumniations on the uses and disadvantages of plants, foods and activities."

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"The iconoclastic abbess's take on the qualities, advantages and disadvantages of various herbs.
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"Excellent compendium including premodern uses. Nice section on pomanders."

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"Very good on pre-modern gardens."

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"Though it is from the 17th century, it is the older text to include standardized compounding instructions.
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