The Tree: Meaning and Myth - Hardcover

Carey, Frances

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184822124X ISBN 13: 9781848221246

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

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Review:

"Lindsay Fulcher leafs through a book called The Tree:Meaning and Myth and digs up the vital part that it has played in every aspect of human history". - Minerva

"Frances Carey weaves a brilliant narrative of the tree in human life through the ages. With sumptuous illustration, she explores both our mythic and practical relationship with one of civilisation's greatest and most enduring roots." -Jon Snow, broadcaster and supporter of Trees for Cities

"This is a book full of treasures, a delight to enjoy". -The Spectator

"Magnificent... The British Museum Press produces books that all bibliophiles will yearn to own and this is no exception. It is a bargain at the price". --Yorkshire Gazette & Herald

About the Author:

Frances Carey is Senior Consultant for Public Engagement at the British Museum. She was Head of National Programmes and Deputy Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. She is the author and co-author of numerous books including The Apocalypse and the Shape of Things to Come, Modern Scandinavian Prints, German Printmaking in the Age of Goethe, Collecting the 20th Century, Avant-Garde British Printmaking 1914-1960 and The Print in Germany 1880-1933.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184822124X
• ISBN 13: 9781848221246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192