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Sir Hugh Plat : the search for useful knowledge in early modern London / Malcolm Thick.
Van Pelt Library DA317.8.P53 T45 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thick, Malcolm.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plat, Hugh, Sir, 1552-1608.
- Plat, Hugh.
- Scientists--England--Biography.
- Scientists.
- Food writers.
- Horticultural writers.
- England.
- Horticultural writers--England--Biography.
- Food writers--England--Biography.
- London (England)--Intellectual life--16th century.
- London (England).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 432 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Totnes, Devon : Prospect Books, 2010.
- Contents:
- Biography
- Gardening
- Agriculture
- Military food and medicine
- The writing of Delights for ladies and Sundrie new and artificiall remedies against famine
- Alchemy
- Medicine and medical practice
- Scientific thought and technique
- Inventions, technology and practical applications of technology and natural science
- Moneymaking.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-417) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781903018651
- 190301865X
- OCLC:
- 320801098
- Publisher Number:
- 99940145231
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