Flora Mirabilis : How Plants Shaped World Knowledge, Health, Wealth, and Beauty
By: Howell, Catherine Herbert (Author), Raven, Peter H. (Foreword by).
National Geographic Society. Published: 20/11/2009. Audience Guide: General (US: Trade).
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
"Flora Mirabilis" will delight gardeners, flower lovers, and history readers alike. This book is essentially an illustrated history of the human-plant interaction from prehistory to the present day, punctuated with narratives telling the best stories from that eons-long history. Illustrating these stories are more than 200 beautiful and historical color images, all collectors' edition reproductions from the world-class botany archives of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 1426205090/9781426205095
TITLE: Flora Mirabilis
CONTRIBUTORS: Howell, Catherine Herbert (Author), Raven, Peter H. (Foreword by)
IMPRINT: National Geographic Society
PUBLISHER: National Geographic Society
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 20/11/2009
SUBJECT: Animals & Pets, Plant Life - General
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 194mm x 248mm
PAGES: 256
AUDIENCE GUIDE: General (US: Trade)
ILLUSTRATIONS: 40 colour photographs, 180 illustrations
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