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Lieferstatus:	Auf Bestellung (Lieferzeit unbekannt)
Veröffentlichung:	März 2010
Genre:	Naturwissensch., Medizin, Technik
	Gardening / GARDENING / Reference / HISTORY / Social History / Reference works / Social & cultural history / Social and cultural history
ISBN:	9780881926163
EAN-Code:	9780881926163
Verlag:	Workman
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 230 mm / B 154 mm / D 14 mm
Seiten:	200
Bewertung:	Titel bewerten / Meinung schreiben

Inhalt:

The orchid is the most evocative of flowers, inspiring in some of its admirers a fanaticism akin to madness, as demonstrated in Susan Orlean's popular novel The Orchid Thief. This elegant survey of the orchid treats its place in legend and suggests the impact that these exotic plants had on the temperate European mind. Berliocchi chronicles the adventurers and scientists who introduced these marvels, discusses their place in the arts from literature and magic to cuisine, and concludes with accounts of the most important genera and their cultivation. Splendidly illustrated with period engravings and botanical paintings, it is literate and delightful. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.