The Monkey and the Inkpot : Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China
by
Carla Nappi
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0674035291
ISBN-13
9780674035294
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Imprint
Harvard University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 2009
Print length
250 Pages
Weight
506 grams
Dimensions
24.50 x 16.50 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
Geography
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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.
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