Science and Civilisation in China, Part 4, Traditional Botany: An Ethnobotanical Approach

by Georges Métailié

This volume offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of botanical knowledge in China from ancient times to the end of the seventeenth century. In this highly illustrated study, Georges M taili explores the perception and use of a wealth of plants and vegetation in China before the introduction of modern botany. Drawing from a number of original Chinese texts, which have been translated for the first time, M taili gives new insights into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107109876
• ISBN13: 9781107109872
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 788 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.8" x 9.8"