Kew Pocketbooks: Honzo Zufu |
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| Author:
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew |
| Series title: | Kew Pocketbooks Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84246-721-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2021 |
| Publisher: | Kew Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $12.95 |
Book Description:
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This stunning series of pocketbooks from Kew offers a snapshot into the diverse and beautiful world of plants. Each book lavishly showcases choice examples from individual plant groups or collections, and in this pocketbook a selection of plants are showcased from Honzu Zufu, a Japanese 17th century multi-volume manual of medicinal plants with a unique botanical style. Published to coincide with the new Japan festival at Kew Gardens in October 2020. The Library, Art and Archives at...
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This stunning series of pocketbooks from Kew offers a snapshot into the diverse and beautiful world of plants. Each book lavishly showcases choice examples from individual plant groups or collections, and in this pocketbook a selection of plants are showcased from Honzu Zufu, a Japanese 17th century multi-volume manual of medicinal plants with a unique botanical style. Published to coincide with the new Japan festival at Kew Gardens in October 2020. The Library, Art and Archives at Kew is one of the most extensive botanical libraries in the world, with the oldest item dating back to the 1370s.