Description

The Englishman’s Flora Geoffrey Grigson

This highly individual and entertaining compendium of British flora reminds us that there is as much cultural heritage to be found in the garden as there is in the library. Ranging from pre-Christian times to the present day, Grigson offers some intriguing insights; “Virtuous doctors use the alkaloid hyoscine (which is derived from the tops and leaves of Henbane) as a hypnotic and brain sedative. The unvirtuous Dr. Crippen used hyoscine to murder Mrs. Crippen in 1910.” The appeal of The Englishman’s Flora is by no means confined to gardeners.

Features;

• Folio Society First Impression No. 603
• Publisher Folio Society, London; 1987
• Quarter Green Cloth Hardback, 478 pp
• Illustrated with woodcuts from sixteenth century herbals
• Size 290 x 200mm, 1.95kg

Condition: Fine – Superb Unmarked Copy

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