The Monkey And The Inkpot

Natural History And Its Transformations In Early Modern China

by Carla Nappi
language: english
Publisher: Harvard University Press, October of 2009 ‧
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In the first book-length study in English of the Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518â€"1593), Nappi reveals a “cabinet of curiosities” of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs.

The Monkey And The Inkpot

Natural History And Its Transformations In Early Modern China

by Carla Nappi

Property Description
ISBN: 9780674035294
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date: October of 2009
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Format: Book
Categories: Books in English > History > History of Asia
Books in English > Others
EAN: 9780674035294