Gifts of the Russian Forest. Mushrooms, Berries, and Healing Plants

The works of writer and naturalist Nikolai Zolotnitsky (1851-1920) on the history and properties of medicinal herbs, vegetables, berries, and fruits have been enduring companions of the Russian gardener and vegetable grower for more than a hundred years. This book... will open the universe of the Russian forest to us - a world of mushrooms, berries, herbs, as well as inhabitants of meadows, fields, and forest thickets. "Gifts of the Russian Forest" is an undeservedly forgotten masterpiece of domestic literature, rivaling the skill of Aksakov, Prishvin, and Paustovsky. For the first time, this famous book is being released with a new visual array - paintings by virtuosos of landscape and botanical painting, as well as rare illustrations from publications at the turn of the 19th - early 20th century.