Herbs FOR THE MEDIAEVAL HOUSEHOLD

New York: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1979. Seventh edition. Hardcover. Illustrated paper covered boards. Very good, in good dust wrapper. 48 pages. 26 x 20 cm. Beautifully illustrated with eighty-five different herbs - handsome reproductions of woodcuts from the fifteenth and sixteenth century herbals. Fascinating information about herbs - herbs for cooking, herbs for healing, sweet-smelling herbs for laying amount clothes. A look through a window into the intimate daily life of our mediaeval forebears. Interior crisp and clean. Laid in: bookmark with gift note to Nina Dotterer from Erich Meyerhoff, director of the Medical Library at Cornell University in New York City. Owner's inscription on front free end paper. Boards toned at top edge, dust wrapper toned at top and side edges. Covered in protective mylar.