Description: “Garden Eden – Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration” by H. Walter Lack presents selections from one hundred outstanding works of botanical illustrations residing in the extensive collections of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. The 483 colored plates provide a chronological, geographic, thematic and technical profile of botanical illustration ranging from the 6th to the 20th century. Published by Taschen in 2001 it is a gorgeous collection of art and botanical knowledge it includes the English, French and German text. Dr. Hans Walter Lack H. (1949 - ) is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former Director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective. is an internationally renowned expert on the history of plant taxonomy, the botanical research of Alexander von Humboldt, and botanical illustrations. Altogether he has authored more than 350 scientific and popular publications. Many of them have become standard works on the history of botany and have been translated into several different languages.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Illustrated Book
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Region: World
Age Level: Adults
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Subjects: Environment, Nature & Earth
Modified Item: No
California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
Book Title: Garden Eden
Item Length: 10.2in.
Item Height: 1.7in.
Item Width: 7.9in.
Author: Walter H. Lack
Original Language: German
Format: Book, OTHER
Language: Spa,Eng,Fre,Ger
Topic: Life Sciences / Botany, Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections
Publisher: Taschen
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: Art, Science
Item Weight: 69.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 576 Pages
