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Whittle, Tyler

The Plant Hunters, being an examination of collecting with an account of the careers & methods of a number of those who have searched the world for wild plants

1970

38,54 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1970
Lugar de impresión
Philadelphia, New York, London. Chilton Book Company
Autor
Whittle, Tyler
Edición
First American Edition.
Materia
Travel - General Plant Hunting
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

8vo [24 x 17 cm]; xii, 281 pp, illus, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, bookplate on endpaper, dj (short tear, not price clipped), fine and clean in very good dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. One of the better introductions to plant hunting, second only to Alice Coat's classic book, which helped spark the interest in this area. Covers early collectors, the influence of Nathaniel Ward, later collectors in most parts of the world, and an interesting chapter in case you want to start to collect plants yourself.