Flora Illustrata Great Works from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden Susan M Fraser, Vanessa Bezemer Sellers, Scott & Nix Inc.
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- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication date:
- 10 Nov 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780300196627
- Imprint:
- Yale University Press
- Dimensions:
- 320 pages: 292 x 229mm
- Illustrations:
- 279 color and b-w illus.
- Sales territories:
- World
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The renowned LuEsther T. Mertz Library of The New York Botanical Garden counts among its holdings many of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical and horticultural works ever created. More than eight centuries of knowledge, from the twelfth century to the present, are represented in the library’s collection of over one million items. In this sumptuously illustrated volume, international experts introduce us to some of the library’s most fascinating works—exceedingly rare books, stunning botanical artworks, handwritten manuscripts, Renaissance herbals, nursery catalogs, explorers’ notebooks, and more. The contributors hold these treasures up for close inspection and offer surprising insights into their histories and importance.
The diverse materials showcased in the volume reflect the creative efforts of eminent explorers, scientists, artists, publishers, and print makers. From the rare, illuminated pages of Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis historia (1483), to the earliest book ever published on American insects (1797), to lovely etchings of the water gardens at Villa Pratolino in Florence (1600s), the Mertz Library holdings will inspire in readers a new appreciation for the extraordinary history of botany and its far-reaching connections to the worlds of science, books, art, and culture.
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'The LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden is surely the greatest research botanical library in the world, a precious repository of knowledge from cultures all over the world and spanning from the 12th century to the 21st. Plants - from which we ultimately derive all of our food, building materials, and medicines - are also a source of great beauty and wonder. Flora Illustrata celebrates all this, and speaks of an intimate relationship between art and science. It is equally a feast for the mind and the eyes.' - Oliver Sacks
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Rosa
Peter E. Kukielski£22.00 -
Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
Lauren Brown£18.00 -
In Search of Meadowlarks
John M. Marzluff£25.00 -
Managing the Wild
Charles M. Peters£25.00 -
The Long, Long Life of Trees
Fiona Stafford£10.99 -
Hawthorn
Bill Vaughn£26.00 -
Keys to Lichens of North America
Irwin M. Brodo£25.00 -
A Natural History of Wine
Ian Tattersall£25.00 -
Ginkgo
Peter Crane£19.99 -
A Natural History of English Gardening
Mark Laird£45.00 -
A Field Guide to California Lichens
Stephen Sharnoff£25.00 -
Hemlock
David R. Foster£25.00 -
Opium
Thomas Dormandy£25.00 -
New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae
Arthur Haines£90.00 -
The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 6
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius£76.00 -
The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 1
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius£76.00 -
The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 2
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius£75.00 -
The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 3
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius£76.00 -
The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 4
Georgius Everhardus Rumphius£76.00