The Monkey and the Inkpot Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China |
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| Author:
| Nappi, Carla |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-05435-6 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $60.00USD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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In the first book-length study in English of the Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs.
In the first book-length study in English of the Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518-1593), Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs.