
Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 2
by Paul D. Buell
Title:
Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 2
Author:
Paul D. Buell
Edited by:
Unschuld, Paul U.
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
466 pages
Publisher:
University of California Press
ISBN-13:
9780520291966
EAN:
9780520291966
Publication Date:
22/11/2016
Classifications:
Encyclopaedias and reference works
Weight (g):
898
Dimensions (mm):
160 x 236 x 35
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
Compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, this title is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works.











