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Experience the rich history of English domestic gardens with our latest offering, the Domestic Herbal. This beautifully crafted book invites readers into the seventeenth-century world, where every household embraced their garden as a vital resource. More than just attractive landscapes, these gardens were essential for cultivating herbs, fruits, vegetables, and flowers, serving myriad purposes—culinary, medicinal, and decorative. The book expertly combines insights from manuscript household manuals and recipe collections, revealing how herbs were integral to cooking, brewing, and cleaning. Discover age-old recipes like flower syrups and wormwood ale, along with a brief herbal guide describing plants both familiar and obscure. Additionally, it showcases stunning colored illustrations from John Gerard's 1597 herbal, enriching your understanding of domestic life in Stuart England. Perfect for gardening enthusiasts, culinary historians, or anyone interested in herbal remedies, this book is an invaluable resource for exploring the connections between nature and domestic life. With free shipping available, please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Take note, once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Brand new and published by Bodleian Library Publishing in 2020 (ISBN: 9781851245130), it’s a perfect addition to any book collection or as a thoughtful gift.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781851245130
Year: 2020
Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing
Description:
In the seventeenth centurymostEnglish households had gardens. These gardens were not merely ornamental, even the most elaborate and fashionable gardens had areas set aside for growing herbs, fruit, vegetables, and flowers for domestic use. Meanwhile, more modest households considered a functional garden to be a vital tool for the survival of the house and family. The seventeenth century was also a period of exciting introductions of plants from overseas, which could be used in all manner of recipes.
Using manuscript household manuals, recipe books, and printed herbals,The Domestic Herbaltakes the reader on a tour of the productive garden and of the various parts of the house — kitchens and service rooms, living rooms and bedrooms — to show how these plants were used for cooking and brewing, medicines and cosmetics, in the making and care of clothes, and to keep rooms fresh, fragrant, and decorated. Recipes used by seventeenth-century households for preparations such as flower syrups, snail water, and wormwood ale are also included. A brief herbal gives descriptions of plants both familiar and less known to today's readers, including the herbs used for common tasks like dyeing and brewing, and those that held aparticular culturalimportance in the seventeenth century.
Featuring exquisite coloured illustrations from John Gerard's herbal book of 1597 as well as prints, archival material, and manuscripts, this book provides an intriguing and original focus on the domestic history of Stuart England.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781851245130
Year: 2020
Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing
Description:
In the seventeenth centurymostEnglish households had gardens. These gardens were not merely ornamental, even the most elaborate and fashionable gardens had areas set aside for growing herbs, fruit, vegetables, and flowers for domestic use. Meanwhile, more modest households considered a functional garden to be a vital tool for the survival of the house and family. The seventeenth century was also a period of exciting introductions of plants from overseas, which could be used in all manner of recipes.
Using manuscript household manuals, recipe books, and printed herbals,The Domestic Herbaltakes the reader on a tour of the productive garden and of the various parts of the house — kitchens and service rooms, living rooms and bedrooms — to show how these plants were used for cooking and brewing, medicines and cosmetics, in the making and care of clothes, and to keep rooms fresh, fragrant, and decorated. Recipes used by seventeenth-century households for preparations such as flower syrups, snail water, and wormwood ale are also included. A brief herbal gives descriptions of plants both familiar and less known to today's readers, including the herbs used for common tasks like dyeing and brewing, and those that held aparticular culturalimportance in the seventeenth century.
Featuring exquisite coloured illustrations from John Gerard's herbal book of 1597 as well as prints, archival material, and manuscripts, this book provides an intriguing and original focus on the domestic history of Stuart England.