Of books and botany in early modern England : sixteenth-century plants and print culture /

Of books and botany in early modern England : sixteenth-century plants and print culture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Knight, Leah.
Imprint:	Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2009.
Description:	xvi, 163 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Literary and scientific cultures of early modernity
Subject:	Turner, William, -- -1568. Gerard, John, -- 1545-1612. Gerard, John, -- 1545-1612. Turner, William, -- -1568. English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Literature and science -- England -- History -- 16th century. Botany -- History -- 16th century. Early printed books -- England -- History -- 16th century. Botany in literature. Botany. Botany in literature. Early printed books. English prose literature -- Early modern. Intellectual life. Literature and science. England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century. England. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7708974

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ISBN:	9780754665861 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0754665860 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-152) and index.

Table of Contents:

Writing on hyacinths
a prelude
Published virtues of the earth: an introduction
The bookish nature of botanical culture
continental contexts
Botanical reformation in William Turner's books of nature
John Gerard's uncommon ground
Domesticated plants and domesticating books: cultivating household textual collection
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index