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A Curious Herbal: Elizabeth Blackwell'S Pioneering Masterpiece Of Botanical Art,New
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A complete edition of the first herbal published by a woman artistwhich has a remarkable backstory In the 1730s, Elizabeth Blackwell (1699c. 1758) found herself penniless, with her neerdowell husband confined to a London debtors prison. A talented artist, she came up with a unique and ambitious moneymaking scheme: the publication of a new illustrated guide to medicinal plants, including many New World species not depicted in earlier books. Blackwells Curious Herbal, published between 1737 and 1739, was hailed for its usefulness to doctors and apothecaries and met with considerable financial success.This magnificent volumethe first modern edition of Blackwells herbalreproduces all five hundred of her exquisite plates. Blackwell not only made the drawings, but prepared the copper plates and personally handcolored them. Her handwritten descriptions of the plants, which she creatively adapted (with permission) from Joseph Millers Botanicum Officinale, retain considerable interest. This book features a previously unknown preface by Blackwell, in which she reveals her passion for art and nature, and her vision for the herbal. Two introductory texts contextualize Blackwells achievement: the noted garden writer Marta McDowell explores the history of herbals as a genre, and the state of botanical knowledge in Blackwells time; and the historian Janet Stiles Tyson relates the artists rather extraordinary biography.A Curious Herbal will be essential for all lovers of botanical art, and for anyone interested in womens history and the history of science.500 fullcolor illustrations
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