Monkey and the inkpot, the: natural history and its transformations in early modern china
Auteur :
Nappi, Carla
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674035294
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2009
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
544 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In the first book-length study in English of the Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518–1593), Nappi reveals a “cabinet of curiosities†of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs.