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, Pavord, Anna, 1940-. The naming of names. The search for order in the world of plants. London : Bloomsbury, 2005, 471pp., large sewn PAPERBACK, very good with slight wear to edges of cover. CONTENTS: In the beginning -- All men by nature desire to know -- The Alexandrian library -- Pliny the plagiarist -- The medicine men -- Juliana's book -- The Arab influence -- Out of the black hole -- The image makers -- Theophrastus reborn -- Brunfels's book -- The irascible Fuchs -- In Italy -- The first botanic garden -- The long-nosed nit-picker -- Weaving the web -- Protestants prevail -- Gesner's masterpiece -- New pastures -- Plantin's team -- The last of the herbals -- English achievements -- The American connection -- The beginning of the end. ISBN 9780747582441.