Gurney Herbal
By: Nair, Savithri Preetha
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Publisher: Mumbai Marg Publications 2018-19Edition: Vol.70(2), Dec-Mar.Description: 54-57p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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MargSummary: This article brings to focus the Gurney herbal, a manuscript acquired by Hans Sloane in the latter part of the 17th century and now in the collection of the British Library. So far, it is the earliest known illustrated English work on the plants of the East Indies, including the coast of Coromandel. Pre-dating or contemporaneous with similar projects commissioned by the Dutch and French East India Companies, this document remains an invaluable source not only for historians of science and medicine but also for scholars of botanical art.
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This article brings to focus the Gurney herbal, a manuscript acquired by Hans Sloane in the latter part of the 17th century and now in the collection of the British Library. So far, it is the earliest known illustrated English work on the plants of the East Indies, including the coast of Coromandel. Pre-dating or contemporaneous with similar projects commissioned by the Dutch and French East India Companies, this document remains an invaluable source not only for historians of science and medicine but also for scholars of botanical art.
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