Isbn: 9780854041909 - garlic and other alliums: the lore and the science (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. With previous owner's name, otherwise this is a fine, as new, hardcover first edition copy in a fine mylar protected DJ, black spine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Gut. 454 S. Ehem. Bibliotheksexemplar mit Signatur und Stempel. Guter Zustand, ein paar Gebrauchsspuren. Ex-library with stamp and library-signature on spine. Good condition, some traces of use. 9780854041909 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1200.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. This unique book outlines the extensive history and the fascinating past and present uses of these plants, sorting out fact from fiction based upon detailed scrutiny of historic documents as well as numerous laboratories studies. Readers will be entertained and educated as they learn about early cultivation of garlic and other alliums while being introduced to the chemistry and biochemistry. They will learn how alliums have been portrayed and used in literature, poetry, the arts and how alliums are featured in the world's oldest cookbook. Technical material is presented in a manner understandable to a general audience, particularly through the use of illustrations to simplify more difficult concepts and explain how experimental work is conducted. The book is heavily illustrated with examples of alliums in art, literature, agriculture, medicine and other areas and includes rare botanical drawings of many members of the genus Allium.…