{"id":763,"date":"2014-05-14T09:35:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-14T09:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/?p=763"},"modified":"2021-02-21T14:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T14:50:21","slug":"the-universal-herbal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/2014\/05\/14\/the-universal-herbal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Universal Herbal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating book of the month requested for digitisation in the DIU goes to Thomas Greens &#8220;The Universal Herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary. Containing an account of all the known plants in the world, arranged according to the Linnean system. With the best methods of propagation, and the most recent agricultural improvements.&#8221;\u00a0 The book is lyrically illustrated with basic but pragmatic hand colouring befitting it&#8217;s dictionary status. However it is a visually delicious looking two volume set with some unusual and intriguing entries as can be seen below. Broad-leaved Bastard Parsley is certainly a new one to me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"holdingsArea\">\n<div class=\"displayHoldings\">\n<div class=\"oddHoldingsRow\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"bibTag\"><span class=\"fieldLabelSpan\">Location Information:<\/span><span class=\"subfieldData\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ed.ac.uk\/schools-departments\/information-services\/services\/library-museum-gallery\/using-library\/lib-locate\">Main Library &#8211; Special Collections<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"bibTag\"><span class=\"fieldLabelSpan\">Shelfmark:<\/span><span class=\"subfieldData\"><a href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.lib.ed.ac.uk\/vwebv\/search?searchArg=%20K*.19.54-55&amp;searchCode=CALL%2B&amp;searchType=1\"> K*.19.54-55<\/a> <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Malcolm Brown, Deputy Photographer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129e.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-764\" alt=\"0056129e\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129e.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129e.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129e-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129e-758x1024.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056126d.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-766\" alt=\"0056126d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056126d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056126d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056126d-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056126d-788x1024.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056130d.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-768\" alt=\"0056130d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056130d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056130d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056130d-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056130d-758x1024.jpg 758w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056128d.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-767\" alt=\"0056128d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056128d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056128d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056128d-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056128d-777x1024.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129d.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-765\" alt=\"0056129d\" src=\"http:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129d.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"1073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129d.jpg 800w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129d-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk\/diu\/files\/2014\/05\/0056129d-763x1024.jpg 763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fascinating book of the month requested for digitisation in the DIU goes to Thomas Greens &#8220;The Universal Herbal; or, botanical, medical, and agricultural dictionary. 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