Medicinal and Food Plants : With 200 Illustrations for Artists and Craftspeople Ernst and Johanna Lehner

Book Description This fascinating reference offers a crisp pictorial record of foods found on our tables today that emerged thousands of years ago in faraway lands. Scores of rare woodcuts enhance intriguing anecdotes about the origins of grains and coffee, the odysseys of pineapples and peanuts, and the mysteries behind breadfruit, pomegranates, poppies, and other exotic plants. An invaluable resource of royalty-free images for commercial artists and hobbyists; delightful reading for anyone interested in the legendary and symbolic properties of food and medicinal plants. 200 black-and-white illustrations. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Medicinal and Food Plants : With 200 Illustrations for Artists and Craftspeople (Ernst and Johanna Lehner)