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Detail of “The Garden of Eden”, late 16th c. English needlework (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)

Herbals: botanical bounty of the Renaissance book trade

Herbals, a genre of books that contain information and illustrations about plants and their uses, dominated the print marketplace in England through the 16th and early 17th centuries. While we know plenty about the authors of these herbals, what do we know about the people who were publishing and reading these botanical books?
 

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