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Duval, Marguerite, Translated By Annette Tomarken & Claudine Cowan

The King's Garden

1982

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Year of publication
1982
Place of printing
Charlottesville. University Press of Virginia
Author
Duval, Marguerite, Translated By Annette Tomarken & Claudine Cowan
Edition
First edition in English.
Keyword
Travel - General Plant Hunting
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

4to [26 x 18 cm]; ix, [i], 214pp, full-page illus, map, index. original cloth with gilt title lettering on spine, dj (slightly rubbed at edge), fine, clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Translated from the original French edition of 1977, this is an account of the French efforts at plant hunting over a period of three centuries, many of whom have been ignored or down-played in other reviews of botanical exploration. The book covers travels in many parts of the world by such persons as Belon, Tournefort, Buffon, Michaux, Bonpland, Humboldt and Jacquement, etc. There are few if any books that survey the French plant hunting expeditions.