A lecture on the greatest botanical books of the last five hundred years given by one of the leading natural history specialists of the period. It is a memoir from a golden age of bookselling now past, packed with scholarly information. A beautifully illustrated printed version exists but is now rare. It is of value to librarians, botanists, taxonomists and to anyone who loves books.
Language
English
Pages
16
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
November 05, 2015
Great Botanical Books: A bookseller's perspective
A lecture on the greatest botanical books of the last five hundred years given by one of the leading natural history specialists of the period. It is a memoir from a golden age of bookselling now past, packed with scholarly information. A beautifully illustrated printed version exists but is now rare. It is of value to librarians, botanists, taxonomists and to anyone who loves books.