Nappi Carla:
The Monkey And The Inkpot
Natural History And Its Transformations In Early Modern China
Harvard University Press (United States), 2009
Hardback, 250 pages
Size: 235x155 mm
ISBN: 9780674035294
ISBN-10: 0674035291
List price: £29.95
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The Monkey And The Inkpot
Presents the story of a Chinese doctor, his book, and the creatures that danced within its pages. This book introduces natural history in sixteenth-century China through the iconic Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518-1593).
