Seeds of Knowledge: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals journaling culture-bearers

culture-bearers

published in conjunction with an exhibition at Silent Green in Berlin

5”H x 13

I returned to New York

Made by hand in Brooklyn

Seeds of Knowledge: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals journaling culture-bearersA gorgeous compendium of printed herbals describing medicinal plants and their uses With sumptuous reproductions, Seeds of Knowledge highlights the extraordinary collection of 15th to 17th century European printed herbals of the contemporary Liechtenstein collector Peter Goop. Herbals were highly illustrated books that included both the folkloric and medicinal uses of plants, and were critical texts for doctors and lay caregivers. The text and