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04116aam a2200589 i 4500 001 77B78FD8498311EFAB853F282BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240724010708 008 221229t20232023nyua b 001 0deng 010 $a 2022061881 020 $a 0789214539 020 $a 9780789214539 035 $a (OCoLC)1333619714 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d PAU $d JFI $d CMA $d OCLCO $d PBU $d XII $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-st 050 00 $a QK98.183.B53 $b C87 2023 082 00 $a 581.6/340222 $2 23/eng/20230130 245 02 $a A curious herbal : $b Elizabeth Blackwell's pioneering masterpiece of botanical art / $c edited by Marta McDowell ; with an essay by Janet Stiles Tyson. 246 30 $a Elizabeth Blackwell's pioneering masterpiece of botanical art 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Abbeville Press Publishers, $c [2023] 300 $a 552 pages : $b color illustrations ; $c 33 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "In the 1730s, Elizabeth Blackwell (1699–c. 1758) found herself penniless, with her ne’er-do-well husband confined to a London debtor’s 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. Blackwell’s Curious Herbal, published between 1737 and 1739, was hailed for its usefulness to doctors and apothecaries and met with considerable financial success. This magnificent volume—the first modern edition of Blackwell’s herbal—reproduces all five hundred of her exquisite plates. Blackwell not only made the drawings, but prepared the copper plates and personally hand-colored them. Her handwritten descriptions of the plants, which she creatively adapted (with permission) from Joseph Miller’s 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 Blackwell’s achievement: the noted garden writer Marta McDowell explores the history of herbals as a genre, and the state of botanical knowledge in Blackwell’s time; and the historian Janet Stiles Tyson relates the artist’s rather extraordinary biography. A Curious Herbal will be essential for all lovers of botanical art, and for anyone interested in women’s history and the history of science."-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 00 $g Index of plant names. $t Glossary -- $r Janet Stiles Tyson -- $t A brief biography of herbalist Elizabeth Blackwell (neÌe Simpson) / $r Janet Stiles Tyson -- $t A curious herbal : plates -- $t Glossary -- $g Further reading -- $g Index of plant names. 600 10 $a Blackwell, Elizabeth, $d active 1737. 600 17 $a Blackwell, Elizabeth, $d active 1737 $2 fast 650 0 $a Botanical artists $z Scotland $y 18th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Medicinal plants $v Pictorial works. 650 0 $a Botanical illustration $x History $y 18th century. 650 6 $a Dessinateurs de plantes $z EÌcosse $y 18e sieÌcle $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Plantes meÌdicinales $v Ouvrages illustreÌs. 650 6 $a Illustration botanique $x Histoire $y 18e sieÌcle. 650 7 $a Botanical artists $2 fast 650 7 $a Botanical illustration $2 fast 650 7 $a Medicinal plants $2 fast 651 7 $a Scotland $2 fast 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 655 7 $a Pictorial works $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 700 1 $a Blackwell, Elizabeth, $d active 1737. 700 1 $a McDowell, Marta, $e editor. 700 1 $a Tyson, Janet $q (Janet Stiles), $e writer of added text. 700 1 $i Container of: $a Blackwell, Elizabeth, $d active 1737. $t Curious herbal. 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724030146.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=77B78FD8498311EFAB853F282BECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search