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Oak Spring Herbaria Herbs and Herbals from the Fourteenth to the Nineteenth Centuries: A Selection of the Rare Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art in the Collection of Rachel Lambert Mellon

Tongiorgi Tomasi Lucia, Willis Tony, Argetsinger Mark, Chien Lisa

ISBN: HB: 9780965450812, Yale University Press, March 2019
456 pp., 29.1x25.3 cm

This magnificent compendium is the fourth in a series of catalogues describing selections of rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection assembled by Mrs. Rachel "Bunny" Lambert Mellon. Herbaria describes sixty-three...

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Nature

Our Oldest Task Making Sense of Our Place in Nature

Freyfogle Eric T.

ISBN: HB: 9780226326399, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
240 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm

"This is a book about nature and culture", Eric T. Freyfogle writes, "about our place and plight on earth, and the nagging challenges we face in living on it in ways that might endure". Challenges, he says, we are clearly failing to meet. Harking bac...

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Ecology

Our Once and Future Planet Restoring the World in the Climate Change Century

Woodworth Paddy

ISBN: PB: 9780226333403, ISBN: HB: 9780226907390, University of Chicago Press, August 2015
536 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 35 halftones

The environmental movement is plagued by pessimism. And that's not unreasonable: with so many complicated, seemingly intractable problems facing the planet, coupled with a need to convince people of the dangers we face, it's hard not to focus on the...

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Nature

Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower Artists' Books and the Natural World

Fairman Elisabeth R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300204247, Yale University Press, May 2014
224 pp., 26x21 cm, 250 colour, black&white illus.

Highlighting an enduring interest in natural history from the 16th century to the present, this gorgeous book explores depictions of the natural world, from centuries-old manuscripts to contemporary artists' books. It examines the scientific pursuits...

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Ecology

Nature

Ornaments of Life Coevolution and Conservation in the Tropics

Fleming Theodore H., Kress W. John

ISBN: PB: 9780226253411, ISBN: HB: 9780226253404, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
616 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 98 colour plates, 2 halftones, 15 line drawings, 53 tables

The average kilometer of tropical rainforest is teeming with life; it contains thousands of species of plants and animals. As "The Ornaments of Life" reveals, many of the most colorful and eye-catching rainforest inhabitants – toucans, monkeys, leaf-...

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Evolution

Nature

Orchard Invisible A Natural History of Seeds

Silvertown Jonathan

ISBN: PB: 9780226757742, ISBN: HB: 9780226757735, University of Chicago Press, September 2010
224 pp., 21.5x13 cm, 21 halftones

The story of seeds, in a nutshell, is a tale of evolution. From the tiny sesame that we sprinkle on our bagels to the forty-five-pound double coconut borne by the coco de mer tree, seeds are a perpetual reminder of the complexity and diversity of lif...

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