Science and Civilisation in China, Part 4, Traditional Botany: An Ethnobotanical Approach

This highly illustrated volume offers a comprehensive account of botanical knowledge in China before the introduction of modern botany. Georges Metailie explores the perception and use of a wealth of plants in China until the end of the seventeenth century, proposing a new, non-teleological view of knowledge in ancient China.

• | By (Author): Georges Metailie (Author)
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 24, 2015
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 788 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 1107109876
• | ISBN-13: 9781107109872