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Mabberley, David J.

 
9781742236476: Botanical Revelation: European Encounters With Australian Plants Before Darwin
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ISBN 10 : 1742236472 ISBN 13 : 9781742236476
Editeur : NewSouth Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

One of Gardens Illustrated's Best Books of 2020

Acclaimed author David Mabberley provides a ground-breaking analysis of early European understanding of Australia’s lora. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book – with many never before-published images – reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the international spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Based on the superb Peter Crossing Collection, Botanical Revelation documents a revolutionary phase in the understanding of Australia’s flora and science more generally.

Features:

  • David Mabberley is one of the world’s foremost botanical scholarsof early colonial Australia
  • The detailed story of early European encounters with Australianplants is told here for the first time
  • A beautifully designed and produced book packed with stunningillustrations, many never before published
  • Uses a comprehensive private library - the Peter Crossing Collection-devoted to the early encountering, documenting and illustratingof Australian plants by Europeans before Darwin came here in1836 - to tell a fascinating story

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À propos de l'auteur

David J Mabberley is a botanist, educator and writer, best known for The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classification and Uses. He has held a range of academic positions in Australia, Europe and the US, and worked with leading horticultural and botanical organisations around the world. He is also the author of Painting by Numbers: The Life and Art of Ferdinand Bauer.

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Éditeur
NewSouth Publishing
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1742236472
ISBN 13 
9781742236476
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
384
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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