Download or read book The Illustrated Herbal written by Wilfrid Blunt and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1994 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful and original book, fully illustrated from some of the rarest sources, is an account by two leading authorities of the creation and decoration of Europe's most charming herbals. The illustrations, many in splendid color, are taken from manuscripts and books chronicling human curiosity about the medicinal properties of plants, and making an unconscious record, through the strange (sometimes ludicrous) customs and procedures they describe, of life in past times.