Crocologia - A Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants

by Sally Francis

In Crocologia - A Detailed Study of Saffron, the King of Plants, Sally Francis and Maria Teresa Ramandi present the first translation into English of Johann Ferdinand Hertodt's seminal 1671 work Crocologia, a book uniquely devoted to the medical uses of saffron. Hertodt discusses saffron's origin, related species, cultivation, selection, properties and lists all its pharmaceutical preparations. Hertodt then journeys through diseases...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004423532
• ISBN13: 9789004423534
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 334 Pages