Orchids from the Botanical register 1815 - 1847. -||Teil: The texts

Language: German

Published by Basel : Birkhäuser, 1991

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* Umfang/Format: 326 Seiten * Erscheinungsjahr: 1991 "Orchids have interested me more than almost anything in my life" ? thus Charles Darwin in a personal communication to John Lindley. And well deserving they are of a lifetime of contemplation. They comprise some 20-25,000 species worldwide, and together form the largest family of the phanerogams (the seed or flower-producing plants). If their cultivation induces the occasional flutter in the heart of the novice grower, their Beauty and astonishing variety inspire awe among botanists and nature lovers everywhere. During its brief history, from 1815 to 1847, the Botan ical Register was the authoritative botanical periodical in England. Under the editorship of John Lindley, who had a special affinity for orchid taxonomy, hundreds of new species were introduced to horticulture in England and advances in orchid cultivation reported. His innumerable contacts with collectors throughout the world gave him special access to rare and recently discovered plants which he was then often obliged to name (286 orchid generic names are attributed to Lindley), describe, and place within his orchid System. Today, the Register's continued importance is founded on the high aesthetic quality of its illustrations (many drawn by the most gifted scientific draughtsmen of the period), the scrupulously ac-curate and concise descriptions and the priority which the journal set on systematic nomenclature, much of which survives today. Regrettably, single extant copies are now extremely difficult to come bv and priceless full sets can be found only in private, institutional or university holdings. Given the raritv of the works, they cannot be loaned. The publication of this two-volume set has been made possible largely through the generous loan by the University of Basel of its Botanical Register orchid plates for the purposes of photolithographic reproduction. The gesture is a fitting echo to a prescient tribute 150 years ago when the University conferred a rare honorary doctorate on J. Lindley for his "Flora Medica". gepflegtes Exemplar, nur kleine Lesespuren * Verlag: Basel : Birkhäuser * Bindung: Mehrteiliges Werk||.…

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Title
Orchids from the Botanical register 1815 - 1847. -||Teil: The texts
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SPRUNGER
Publisher
Basel : Birkhäuser
Publication year
1991
Binding
Soft cover
Language
German
ISBN 10
3764324791
ISBN 13
9783764324797
Item weight
2,900 grams

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