Beschreibung:

235pp. with Illus., 8°, O-Cardboard with O-Dustjacket

Bemerkung:

The lore and use of the Mandrake root throughout history and around the world. Sample contents: Mandragora - Derivation of the name - Description of the plant and its habitat; Mandrake of the Hebrews - The Mandrake of the Bible - Rachel and the mandrakes; Mandrake in Ancient Egypt, Assyria and Persia; Demonology and plants; The Mandrake in Germany; Mandrake and the gallows legend; Mandrake in Italy - among Southern Slavs and the Armenians; Mandrake in the drama, poetry and story; The medical and occult properties attributed to the Mandrake; Mandragora in the light of modern science. - Book and dustjacket in very good condition.