Gentle conquest : the botanical discovery of North America with illustrations from the Library of Congress

by James L. Reveal

Hardcover, 1992

Call number

QK 21 .N6 .R48 1992

Publication

Washington, D.C. : Starwood Pub., c1992.

Description

A survey of the Library of Congress' collection of botanical texts written from the 16th to the late 19th centuries, with color reproductions of paintings depicting particular plants or illustrating attitudes toward plants. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Pages

160

Tags

Botany, Botanical illustration

Series

Library of Congress Classics (book 2)

ISBN

1563730022 / 9781563730023

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