Description
Discover the rich heritage of botanical science with this captivating volume that pays tribute to centuries of plant exploration and classification. Since the founding of the Oxford Botanic Garden in 1621, Oxford has amassed a remarkable collection of botanical specimens, rare books, and stunning illustrations, solidifying its legacy in the field of botany. This book intricately profiles influential botanists and their collections that have shaped modern understanding of plant biology, classification, and conservation.
Delve into remarkable insights into experimental botany, as well as the evolution of agriculture and forestry. Revel in the artistic brilliance of Ferdinand Bauer's illustrations from the illustrious Flora Graeca, a detailed gallery of Eastern Mediterranean plants from the eighteenth century. The book also showcases rare specimens from herbaria, including Fairchild's Mule, the pioneering artificially created hybrid plant.
Other fascinating items include seventeenth-century herbals, exquisite garden plans, and botanical models that narrate the rich story of botanical science in Oxford. This beautifully bounded edition with a printed dust jacket is a must-have for botany enthusiasts, scholars, and anyone captivated by the wonders of the plant kingdom.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781851245611. Format: With printed dust jacket. Year: 2021. Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781851245611
Format: With printed dust jacket
Year: 2021
Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing
Description:
Since 1621, and the foundation of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford has built up an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrations and rare books on plant classification, collecting and plant biology. These archives, and the living plants in the Garden, are integral to the study of botany in the University.
This book profiles the botanists and collections which have helped to transform our understanding of the biology of plants over the past four centuries, focusing on plant classification, experimental botany, building botanical collections, agriculture and forestry and botanical education. Highlights include a selection of Ferdinand Bauer's renowned illustrations for Flora Graeca — an extraordinarily lavish and detailed eighteenth-century botanical publication of plants found in the Eastern Mediterranean — and rare plant specimens from the herbaria, such as Fairchild's Mule (the first artificially created hybrid plant).
Together with seventeenth-century herbals, elegant garden plans, plant models and fossil slides, these items from the archives all help to tell the story of botanical science in Oxford and the intrepid botanists who devoted themselves to the essential study of plants.
Delve into remarkable insights into experimental botany, as well as the evolution of agriculture and forestry. Revel in the artistic brilliance of Ferdinand Bauer's illustrations from the illustrious Flora Graeca, a detailed gallery of Eastern Mediterranean plants from the eighteenth century. The book also showcases rare specimens from herbaria, including Fairchild's Mule, the pioneering artificially created hybrid plant.
Other fascinating items include seventeenth-century herbals, exquisite garden plans, and botanical models that narrate the rich story of botanical science in Oxford. This beautifully bounded edition with a printed dust jacket is a must-have for botany enthusiasts, scholars, and anyone captivated by the wonders of the plant kingdom.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled. Condition: BRAND NEW. ISBN: 9781851245611. Format: With printed dust jacket. Year: 2021. Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing.
Note: Shipping for this item is free. Please allow up to 6 weeks for delivery. Once your order is placed, it cannot be cancelled.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781851245611
Format: With printed dust jacket
Year: 2021
Publisher: Bodleian Library Publishing
Description:
Since 1621, and the foundation of the Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford has built up an outstanding collection of plant specimens, botanical illustrations and rare books on plant classification, collecting and plant biology. These archives, and the living plants in the Garden, are integral to the study of botany in the University.
This book profiles the botanists and collections which have helped to transform our understanding of the biology of plants over the past four centuries, focusing on plant classification, experimental botany, building botanical collections, agriculture and forestry and botanical education. Highlights include a selection of Ferdinand Bauer's renowned illustrations for Flora Graeca — an extraordinarily lavish and detailed eighteenth-century botanical publication of plants found in the Eastern Mediterranean — and rare plant specimens from the herbaria, such as Fairchild's Mule (the first artificially created hybrid plant).
Together with seventeenth-century herbals, elegant garden plans, plant models and fossil slides, these items from the archives all help to tell the story of botanical science in Oxford and the intrepid botanists who devoted themselves to the essential study of plants.