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Livres anciens et modernes

Healey, B. J.

The Plant Hunters

1975

23,50 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1975
Lieu d'édition
New York. Charles Scribner's Sons
Auteur
Healey, B. J.
Edition
First American Edition.
Thème
Travel - General Plant Hunting
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [23 x 16 cm]; vii, [ii], 214 pp, illustrations from photos and from early sources, index. original green cloth with silver spine title lettering, a very good, unmarked and clean copy in jacket (price clipped, short tear, light wear at edge). A picture of this book is available upon request by email. An interesting and readable account of plant hunting from Parkinson, Tradescant, Banister, Kaempfer, Bartram, Robert Fortune to E. H. Wilson and Kingdon-Ward and dozens of others, organized in 9 main chapters, with an index of plant names and general index. A good introduction to where our plants came from and the difficulties the botanists had in finding them.