STRABUS, Walafryd—*The Garden* (*Hortulus*). Translated by Henryk Szancer. With an introduction and footnotes by Mieczysław Proner. Warsaw...

STRABUS Walafryd - The Little Garden. (Hortulus). Translated by Henryk Szancer. With an introduction and footnotes by Mieczysław Proner. Warsaw 1938. F. Herod. 16d fol., p. 74, [1]. Paperback, protective slipcase.
Slight creases in the tissue-paper slipcase; otherwise, in very good condition.Handwritten dedication by the translator, H. Szancer. From the information printed on the flap of the dust jacket: "'The Little Garden' [...] by the abbot of the Reichenau monastery is a gem of medieval Latin botanical literature [...]. Due to the wealth of details regarding the cultivation and medicinal properties of the plants described by Walafryd Strabus, this work constitutes an interesting source of research also from the perspective of the history of medical and pharmaceutical sciences.” The first Polish edition of the text. The publication was released by F. Herod, publisher of “Wiadomości Farmaceutyczne.”