About the book: Art meets science in this catalog of botanical illustrations. The exquisite color reproductions from the archives of the Austrian National Library range from the 6th to the 19th century and celebrate both the skill of the illustrators and the splendor and diversity of nature.
Biography: H. Walter Lack is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and was director of the Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem until August 2014. He is one of the foremost experts in the history of botany and has researched, in particular, the cultural-historical consequences of the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants. At TASCHEN, he has published A Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms, and Redouté. The Book of Flowers.
Pages: 576
AUTHOR: H. Walter Lack
First published: 30/07/2021
Book language: Multilingual (English, French, German)
Edition: INT
ISBN: 978-3-8365-7739-7
Themes: Classics
Dimensions: 25.0 cm x 34.5 cm, Weight 4.33 kg
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