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Libros antiguos y modernos

Hyams, Edward

Plants in the Service of Man; 10,000 Years of Domestication

1971

29,14 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1971
Lugar de impresión
London. J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
Autor
Hyams, Edward
Edición
First edition.
Materia
Gardening - General
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [22 x 14 cm]; xiii, 222 pp, 33 illustrations and plates from photos and drawings, map endpapers, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj (not price clipped, slightly worn at edge), signature on endpaper, else fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A fascinating description of how weeds and wild plants were developed into food plants such as grain, fruits, vegetables, etc and into other useful plants to produce cotton, wine, narcotics, rubber, etc. By the author of numerous gardening books.