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Birlinn Publishers, 2008. Paperback. Good. Good condition. There are some scuffs to the edges and corners of the cover but otherwise in very good condition with pages crisp and clean.
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The Scots Herbal: The Plant Lore of Scotland Paperback - 2008
by Tess Darwin
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- Title The Scots Herbal: The Plant Lore of Scotland
- Author Tess Darwin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition new edition
- Pages 198
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Birlinn Publishers, EDINBURGH
- Date 2008-12
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781841587110 / 1841587117
- Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 18.80 x 1.52 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Plants, Herbals - Scotland
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008425831
- Dewey Decimal Code 581.630
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Edinburgh: Birlinn Ltd, 2008. Illustrated with small line drawings, large octavo, pp xviii, 198, very clean internally, paperback, the slightest signs of use to the covers, a very good copy. SURPRISINGLY SCARCE. [This is the new edition of the first ever comprehensive guide to the many ways in which wild plants have been used in Scotland from prehistoric times to the present day. To our ancestors, there was no such thing as a weed. Every growing thing had a role to play in daily life - as an ingredient for food, as medicine, as a dye or as fodder for livestock. Tess Darwin reveals the forgotten secrets of Scottish plant lore in fascinating detail, showing how many of the plant remedies which were dismissed by modern scientists as superstition have since been found to be effective in treating illness and have led to the creation of many new drugs.Tess Darwin has delved deeply into the forgotten secrets of Scottish plant lore, gathering information from a wide range of sources - from old herbals to the…
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