A Shakespearean Botanical by Margaret Willes
Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes believing the exotic vegetable, recently bought back from the Americas, to be an aphrodisiac. Lady Capulet orders quince pies for Juliet's marriage feast with an eye to aiding fertility. This book marries the beauty of Shakespeare's lines with exquisite illustrations from John Gerard's herbal of 1597, providing an intriguing and original focus on medicine, cookery, folklore and gardening in Tudor or Jacobean England.
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Author: Margaret Willes
Format: Hardback
Size: 125 mm x 192 mm x 20mm
Pages: 200
Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes believing the exotic vegetable, recently bought back from the Americas, to be an aphrodisiac. Lady Capulet orders quince pies for Juliet's marriage feast with an eye to aiding fertility. This book marries the beauty of Shakespeare's lines with exquisite illustrations from John Gerard's herbal of 1597, providing an intriguing and original focus on medicine, cookery, folklore and gardening in Tudor or Jacobean England.
Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!
Detail
Author: Margaret Willes
Format: Hardback
Size: 125 mm x 192 mm x 20mm
Pages: 200
We aim to deliver shop products within:
UK – 1-5 business days
Europe – 1-2 weeks
Rest of world – 1-3 weeks
Please note: Print to order products are dispatched separately to the rest of your order. This means that if you order these items alongside other shop products, they won’t all arrive together, and you’ll get several deliveries.
We aim to deliver shop products within:
UK – 1-5 business days
Europe – 1-2 weeks
Rest of world – 1-3 weeks
Please note: Print to order products are dispatched separately to the rest of your order. This means that if you order these items alongside other shop products, they won’t all arrive together, and you’ll get several deliveries.
A Shakespearean Botanical by Margaret Willes
Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes believing the exotic vegetable, recently bought back from the Americas, to be an aphrodisiac. Lady Capulet orders quince pies for Juliet's marriage feast with an eye to aiding fertility. This book marries the beauty of Shakespeare's lines with exquisite illustrations from John Gerard's herbal of 1597, providing an intriguing and original focus on medicine, cookery, folklore and gardening in Tudor or Jacobean England.
Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!
Detail
Author: Margaret Willes
Format: Hardback
Size: 125 mm x 192 mm x 20mm
Pages: 200
Falstaff calls upon the sky to rain potatoes believing the exotic vegetable, recently bought back from the Americas, to be an aphrodisiac. Lady Capulet orders quince pies for Juliet's marriage feast with an eye to aiding fertility. This book marries the beauty of Shakespeare's lines with exquisite illustrations from John Gerard's herbal of 1597, providing an intriguing and original focus on medicine, cookery, folklore and gardening in Tudor or Jacobean England.
Every purchase you make supports the work of Shakespeare's Globe. Thank you!
Detail
Author: Margaret Willes
Format: Hardback
Size: 125 mm x 192 mm x 20mm
Pages: 200
We aim to deliver shop products within:
UK – 1-5 business days
Europe – 1-2 weeks
Rest of world – 1-3 weeks
Please note: Print to order products are dispatched separately to the rest of your order. This means that if you order these items alongside other shop products, they won’t all arrive together, and you’ll get several deliveries.
We aim to deliver shop products within:
UK – 1-5 business days
Europe – 1-2 weeks
Rest of world – 1-3 weeks
Please note: Print to order products are dispatched separately to the rest of your order. This means that if you order these items alongside other shop products, they won’t all arrive together, and you’ll get several deliveries.