Botanical Riches: Stories of Botanical Exploration - Brossura

Aitken, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1848220103 ISBN 13: 9781848220102

Casa editrice: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd, 2008

Riassunto

'This is a book to treasure. Lavishly illustrated, lovingly written, globally inclusive...' (Choice). Hailed on publication as essential reading for anyone interested in plants and gardens, Botanical Riches is now available for the first time in a beautifully produced paperback edition.The botanical riches of this book are twofold. This is firstly a book about plants themselves, and the story of their exploration, appreciation, introduction and exploitation through the ages. But it is equally about the collective library of books that document this botanical exploration and appreciation of plants, and the history and craft of botanical illustration. Botanical Riches is magnificently illustrated with some of the world's most glorious engraved, lithographed and hand-coloured botanical illustrations, from the earliest Renaissance herbals to elaborate and beautiful volumes from the golden age of printing.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2007

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Richard Aitken is a writer, architect, curator and historian who has edited the Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens. A founder member of the Australian Garden History Society, He has written and lectured on garden history. He has also prepared conservation plans for gardens in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1848220103
• ISBN 13: 9781848220102
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 243