Reprint 1967 edn of 1881-1898 1stedn, Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1881-1898, pp 18-230, 1895 Part iii, pp 1-623; thick 8vo, green cloth. Fine but for a small scuff mark on rear cover. Ow VG/ndj: 247pp. and 623pp in a single volume. Chinchars in text.'The subject is the Chinese names of plants occurring in the Chinese Classics and some other Chinese works of remote antiquity and their botanical identification, as far as the scanty ancient records regarding these plants and the present state of our knowledge of the Chinese Flora will permit.' (from introduction). Appendix: Chinese geographical names in the Pen ts ao kang mu. See Seaman 2021 "Mountain Medicines" for 52 minute dvd film depicting the cultural context of one such barefoot doctor collecting herbal medicines on Taiwan in early 1970s.

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Title: Botanicon Sinicum: Notes on Chinese Botany from native and Western Sources by E. Bretschneider in Journal of the North-China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1881-1898
Publisher: Nendeln: Kraus Reprint/orig= Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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