Botanical Revelation
European Encounters with Australian Plants Before Darwin
Published on 1. December 2019
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-1-74223-647-6 (ISBN)
Description
One of Gardens Illustrated's Best Books of 2020
Acclaimed author David Mabberley provides a ground-breaking analysis of early European understanding of Australia's lora. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book - with many never before-published images - reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the international spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Based on the superb Peter Crossing Collection, Botanical Revelation documents a revolutionary phase in the understanding of Australia's flora and science more generally.
Features:
David Mabberley is one of the world's foremost botanical scholarsof early colonial Australia
The detailed story of early European encounters with Australianplants is told here for the first time
A beautifully designed and produced book packed with stunningillustrations, many never before published
Uses a comprehensive private library - the Peter Crossing Collection-devoted to the early encountering, documenting and illustratingof Australian plants by Europeans before Darwin came here in1836 - to tell a fascinating story
Acclaimed author David Mabberley provides a ground-breaking analysis of early European understanding of Australia's lora. Combining science, horticulture, art and economics, this lavishly illustrated book - with many never before-published images - reveals the motives and complex networks that led to the international spread of knowledge and cultivation of hundreds of Australian plants in Europe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.Based on the superb Peter Crossing Collection, Botanical Revelation documents a revolutionary phase in the understanding of Australia's flora and science more generally.
Features:
David Mabberley is one of the world's foremost botanical scholarsof early colonial Australia
The detailed story of early European encounters with Australianplants is told here for the first time
A beautifully designed and produced book packed with stunningillustrations, many never before published
Uses a comprehensive private library - the Peter Crossing Collection-devoted to the early encountering, documenting and illustratingof Australian plants by Europeans before Darwin came here in1836 - to tell a fascinating story
Reviews / Votes
"A hugely impressive endeavour [...] all efforts to delve into this book will be more than amply repaid." - Gardens IllustratedMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney, NSW
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
300
Dimensions
Height: 300 mm
Width: 240 mm
Weight
2830 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74223-647-6 (9781742236476)
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Person
David J Mabberley is a botanist, educator and writer, best known for The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, Their Classification and Uses. He has held a range of academic positions in Australia, Europe and the US, and worked with leading horticultural and botanical organisations around the world. He is also the author of Painting by Numbers: The Life and Art of Ferdinand Bauer.