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A Book of Fruits and Flowers: First Published in
1653 and here reproduced in facsimile with an
introduction by C. Anne Wilson, Prospect Books, London,
1984
Aelian: On Animals with an English Translation,
Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1971,
(Trans. A. F. Schofield)
Apicius: Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome,
Edited and Translated by Joseph Dommers Vehling, Dover
Publications, New York, 1977
Apicius: The Roman Cookery of Apicius: A
treasury of Gourmet Recipes & Herbal Cookery,
Translated and Adapted for the Modern Kitchen By John
Edwards, Hartley & Marks, Inc., Publishers,
Washigton, 1984
Aristotle: Historia Animalium with an English
Translation. 3 Vols. Loeb Classical Library, Harvard
University Press. MCMLXXIX (Trans. A. L. Peck)
Athenaeus: The Deipnosophists. 7 Vols. Loeb
Classical Library, Harvard University Press. 1969 (Trans.
Charles Burton Gulick)
Banckes: An Herbal [1525], Edited &
Transcribed into Modern English With an Introduction by
Sanford V. Larkey, M.D., & Thomas Pyles,
Scholars Facsimiles & Reprints, New York, 1941
Cato and Varro: De Re Rustica. with an English
Translation. Loeb Classical Library, Harvard
University Press, MCMLXXIX, (Trans. William D. Hooper)
Celsus: De Medicina with an English Translation,
Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1971,
(Trans. W. G. Spencer)
Cockayne, Oswald, Leechdoms, Wortcunning, and
Starcraft of Early England, 3 Volumes, Longman,
Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, London, 1864
*Vol. 1 Herbarium of Apuleius Pp 1-249
**Herbarium of Apuleius continued from Dioscorides Pp.
249- 325
**Medicina de quadrupedibus of Sextus Placitus,
942 G79 v.35 pt.1
*Vol. II Leech Book of Bald, 942 G79 v.35 pt.2
*Vol. III Liber medicinalis de virtutibus herbarum,
Recipes, from British museum Harleian. 585, 942
G79 v.35 pt.3
**"Of schools of medicine" British
museum Harleian. ms 6258., 942 G79 v.35 pt.3
Coumella: De Re Rustica (On Agriculture), With a
Recension of the Text and an English Translation,
Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1977
(Trans. A. B. Ash)
Culpeper, Nicholas: Culpepers Complete Herbal,
and English Physician. Harvey Sales, 1981,
(Reproduced from 1826 edition.)
Digby, Sir Kenelm. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby,
Knight, Opened: Newly Edited with Introduction,
Notes and Glossary by Anne MacDonell, Plilip Lee Warner,
London, 1910
Dioscorides. The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides.
Gunther, Robert (Translator), Oxford, at the Univeraity
Press, 1934.
Dioscorides. The Greek Herbal of Dioscorides.
Gunther, Robert (Translator), Hafner Publishing Co. NY.,
1959
Dodoens Rembert: Histoire des plantes / de Rembert
Dodoens; traduction francaise du Petit recueil
auquel est contenue la description d'aucunes gommes et
liqueurs, etc., par Charles de L'Escluse (l557) ;
facsimile avec introduction, commentaires et la
condordance avec la terminologie scientifique moderne,
par J.-E. Opsomer., Centre national d'histoire des
sciences, Bruxelles, 1978
Galen: On the Natural Faculties with an English
Translation, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard
University Press, 1979, (Trans. Arthur John Brock)
Gerard, John: The Herbal, or General History of
Plants. The Complete 1633 Edition as Revised and
Enlarged by Thomas Johnson, Dover Publications Inc., New
York, 1975
Hill, Thomas: The Gardener's Labyrinth by Thomas Hill,
edited by Richard Mabey, Oxford University Press, 1987.
Hippocrates: Hippocrates, With an English Translation,
Six Volumes, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University
Press, (G. P. Goold, editor)
Homer: The Odyssey: With an English Translation.
Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press,
MCMLXVI, (Trans: A. T. Murray.)
Markham, Gervase: The English housewife. Michael
R. Best, editor The English Housewife,
McGill-Queens University Press, Kingston and
Montreal, 1986.
Monardes, Nicholas: Joyfull newes out of the newe
founde worlde... with an introduction by Stephen
Gaselee. London, Constable and co., ltd.; New York, A. A.
Knopf, 1925
Nostradamus, Michel de: The Elixers of Nostradamus,
Nostradamus Original Recipes for Elixirs, Scented
Water, Beauty Porions and Sweetmeats, Edited By Knut
Boeser, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, london, 1995
Parkinson, John: A Garden of Pleasant Flowers,
Facsimile reproduction of the 1629 edition, Dover
Publications Inc., New York, 1976
Plat, Sir Hugh: Delights for Ladies (1609).
Crosby Lockwood & Son Ltd., London. 1948
Pliny, The Elder: Natural History: With an English
Translation. Loeb Classical Library, Harvard
University Press, 10 volumes
*Vol. IV, Translated by H. Rackham, MCMLXXXVI
*Vols., VI & VII.Trans: W. H. S. Jones. MCMMLXX
Schlosser, Julius, and Hermann, Julius: Beschreibendes
Verzeichnis Der Illuminierten Handschriften in
Österreich, , Verlag Von Karl W. Hiersemann, 1931
*Band VI Die Handschriften und Inkunabeln Der
Italienischen Renaissance: 2. Oberitalien: Venetien
**Taf. XVII. Giovanni Cadamosto, Trattato Circa
Le Nature De Lherbe, De Cibi Et De Veneni, De Pietre Et
De Parole. Nr. 30. Cod. 5264, f. 58
Mercurela und Mandragora.
Schram, Albert: Der Bilderschmuck Der Frühdrucke,
Verlag Von Karl W. Hiersemann, Leipzig.
*Band VI Die Drucke von Konrad Dinckmut in Ulm,
1923
**Tafel 56-89. Herbarius, Ulm. (1487)
*Band XV Die Drucker in Mainz, 1932
**Tafel 27-122. Hortus Sanitatis. Jakob
Meydenbach. Mainz. (1491)
*Band XVI Die Drucker in Speyer, 1933
**Tafel 3-34. De Crescentiis, Commodorum Ruralium
Libri. Peter Drach. Spayer. (1493)
**Tafel 87-103. Herbarius. Johann und Conrad
Hist, Speyer. (1501)
*Band XX Die Strassburger Drucker, II Teil, 1937
**Tafel 52-57. Brunschweig: Churgie. Brevarium
Monasteriense. Johann Grüniger. Strassburg. (1497)
**Tafel 61-66. Horatis. Johann Grüniger.
Strassburg. (1498)
**Tafel 83-109. Braunschweig. Distillierkunst.
Johann Grüniger. Strassburg. (1500)
**Tafel 110-112. Braunschweig. Pestbuch. Johann
Grüniger. Strassburg. (1500)
**Tafel 191-197. Hortus Sanitatis. Johann
Prüss. Strassburg o. J. (1500)
*Band XXII Die Drucker in Basel, II. Teil, 1940
**Tafel 87-119. Johannes De Cuba: Hortus Sanitatus,
Deutsch, Michael Furter. Basil o. J. (1500)
Theophrastus: De Causis Plantarum: With an English
Translation, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard
University Press, 1976, (Trans. Einarson, Benedict and
Link, George)
*Enquiry into Plants and other minor works on odours
and weather signs with an English Translation. Loeb
Classical Library, Harvard University Press. 1990,
(Trans. Arthur Hort)
Turner, William: A New Herbal by William Turner,
2 Parts, Edited by George T. L. Chapman and Marilyn N.
Twiddle, Cambridge University Press, London, 1989
*Libellus de re herbaria, 1538, [and] The names of
herbes, 1548: Facsimiles, with introductory matter
by James Britten, B. Daydon Jackson & W.T. Stearn.,
London, Ray Society, 1965.
Virgil: Georgics With an English Translation,
Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1978,
(Trans. H. Rushton Fairclough)
Anderson, Frank J., An
Illustrated History of the Herballs, Columbia
University Press, New York, 1977 (580.9 Ar1h1)
Arber, Agnes Robertson, Herbals, their origin and
evolution; a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670,
The University Press, Cambridge 1938.
Biedermann, Hans: Medicina Magica, The Classics of
Medicine Library, Division of Gryphon Editions,
Inc., Bermingham, Alabama, 1986
Blunt, Wilfrid and Raphael, Sandra. The Illustrated
herbal, Frances Lincoln, [in association with
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1979. (QK99.A1 B55)
Giacosa, Ilaria Gozzini, A Taste of Ancient Rome,
(Translated by Anna Herklotz) The University of Chicago
Press, Chicago, 1992
Hammond, N. G. L., and Scullard, H. H.: The Oxford
Classical Dictionary. Clarendon Press Oxford, 1970
Heilmann, Karl Eugen: Kraüterbücher in Bild und
Gesichte, Verlag Konrad Kölbl, München-Allach,
1966
Lawrence, George H.M., History of botany: Herbals,
their history and significance, Los Angeles, Clark
Memorial Library, 1965.
Renfrow, Cindy: A Sip Through Time, Cindy
Renfrow, 1994
Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair: The Old English Herbals,
Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1971
Sanecki, Kay N.: History of the English Herb Garden,
Ward Lock, London, 1992
Thompson, C. J. S.: The mystic mandrake, Rider,
London, 1934
Beyerl, Paul: The Master
Book of Herbalism. Phoenix Pub. Co., Custer WA, 1984
Ceres: Herbal Teas for Health and Healing.
Healing Arts Press, Rochester VT, 1988
The Complete Anachronist: #16, The Complete
Herbal, The Society for Creative Anachronism Inc.,
1984
*#27, Herbs II, an Herbal Primer. The Society
for Creative Anachronism Inc., 1989
*#81 Period Metrology: A study of Measurement, Part 1.
The Society for Creative Anachronism Inc., 1995
*#82 Period Metrology: A study of Measurement, Part 2.
The Society for Creative Anachronism Inc., 1995
Cunningham, Scott: Magical Herbalism. Llewellyn
Pub., St. Paul MN, 1982
*Earth Power. Llewellyn Pub., St. Paul MN, 1983
*Cunninghams Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs.
Llewellyn Pub, St. Paul MN, 1985
*The Magic of Incense, Oils and brews. Llewellyn
Pub, St. Paul MN, 1986
Davis, Patrica: Aromatherapy: An A-Z. Saffron
Walden Pub. Essex England 1988
Duff, Gail. Natural
Fragrances: Outdoor Scents for Indoor Uses, Storey
Communications, Inc., Pownal, Vermont, 1989.
*A Book of Pot_pourri: New and Old Ideas for Fragrant
Flowers and Herbs, Beaufort Books Pub., New York,
1985
Foley, Daniel J. (ed.): Herbs for Use and for
Delight, an Anthology from the Herbarist. The Herb
Society of America, NY, 1974
Gilbertie, Sal: Kitchen Herbs. Bantam Books,
1988
Grieve, Mrs. M: A Modern Herbal in two volumes.
Dover Publications Inc., New York, New York, 1981,
(Reprint of 1931 Edition.)
Guralnik, David B. (Editor in Chief), Websters
new World Dictionary of the American Language, Simon
and Schuster, 1980
Hammond, N. G. L., and Scullard, H. H.: The Oxford
Classical Dictionary. Clarendon Press Oxford, 1970
Holmes, Peter: The Energetics of Western Herbs. 2
Vols., Artemis Press, Boulder, 1989
Hooper, Madge: Herbs and Medicinal Plants. Arco
Pub. Inc., NY, 1986
Kvideland, Reimund and Sehmsdorf, Henning K.(editors): Scandinavian
Folk Belief and Legend, Univ. of Minnesota Press,
Minneapolis, 1988
Lavabre, Marcel: Aromatherapy Workbook. Healing
Arts Press, Rochester VT. 1990
Lee, William H., & Lee, Lynn: Herbal Love Potions:
An Aphrodisiac Array of Libido-Lifting Potent Plants,
Keats Publishing, Inc., New Canaan, Conn. 1991
Liddell, Henry George, & Scott, Roger: A
Greek-English Lexicon, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968
Lust, John: The Herb Book. Bantam Books, 1974
Mabey, Richard (ed.): The New Age Herbalist.
Collier Books, NY, 1988
McMcormick, J. H., (Editor-in-Chief), The Century
Book of Health, The King-Richardson Company,
Springfield, Mass, 1907
Menzies, Rob: The Herbal Dinner: A Renaissance of
Cooking, Celestial Arts, Millbrae, California, 1977,
Oxford English Dictionary, The, 2nd edition.
Readers Digest: Complete Book of the Garden:
Readers Digest Association, Plesantville NY, 1966
*Magic and Medicine of Plants: Readers
Digest Association, Plesantville NY, 1986
Tisserand, Robert B.: The Art of Aromatherapy.
Healing Arts Press, Rochester VT, 1977
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