
Botanica
Flammarion (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 24. June 2021
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-2-08-020414-1 (ISBN)
Description
A tribute to the world's most extensive collection of botanical specimens, which scientists have meticulously gathered, preserved, and studied since the eighteenth century.
With more than eight million samples, the Herbarium's prestigious collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris is the most extensive in the world. The Herbarium's archive is a living testament to the world's major historical events-from the 1237 BCE funerary headdress of Egyptian king Ramses II, to third-generation botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's groundbreaking natural classification of flowering plants, or Jean-Jacques Rousseau's hand-annotated botanical notebook.
The practice of assembling a herbarium, while first used as a scientific tool, became an art in its own right due to the allure of its floral forms and colors. This handsome volume traces the creative, patrimonial, and scientific dimensions of this exceptional collection that safeguards a rare international heritage; a testimony to the modern challenges of biodiversity.
With more than eight million samples, the Herbarium's prestigious collection at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris is the most extensive in the world. The Herbarium's archive is a living testament to the world's major historical events-from the 1237 BCE funerary headdress of Egyptian king Ramses II, to third-generation botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu's groundbreaking natural classification of flowering plants, or Jean-Jacques Rousseau's hand-annotated botanical notebook.
The practice of assembling a herbarium, while first used as a scientific tool, became an art in its own right due to the allure of its floral forms and colors. This handsome volume traces the creative, patrimonial, and scientific dimensions of this exceptional collection that safeguards a rare international heritage; a testimony to the modern challenges of biodiversity.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Paris
France
Publishing group
Editions Flammarion
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-2-08-020414-1 (9782080204141)
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Persons
Marc Jeanson oversees the national Herbarium collections in France's National Museum of Natural History in Paris.
Serge Muller is a researcher and professor of ecology who oversees the scientific element of the national Herbarium in France's National Museum of Natural History. He is also the president of the French national environmental protection commission (National Museum of Natural History?Sorbonne University).
Florence Tessier is an archivist of paleography, librarian, and head of the botanical library within France's National Museum of Natural History.
Serge Muller is a researcher and professor of ecology who oversees the scientific element of the national Herbarium in France's National Museum of Natural History. He is also the president of the French national environmental protection commission (National Museum of Natural History?Sorbonne University).
Florence Tessier is an archivist of paleography, librarian, and head of the botanical library within France's National Museum of Natural History.