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Peonies & pomegranates : botanic illustrations from Asia / Celia Fisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, Celia, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Plants--Asia.
- Plants.
- Plants--Asia--Pictorial works.
- Asia.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 200 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Peonies and pomegranates
- Place of Publication:
- London : The British Library, 2018.
- Summary:
- "Many of the flowers and fruits growing in our gardens and greenhouses today were brought to the West by collectors or traders. This book describes the origins of these plants, with quotations from the people of Asia who first appreciated, cultivated and wrote about them. Almost all the illustrations are by Asian and Middle Eastern artists, some of them hired by European collectors. Celia Fisher begins with an account of the long history of gardens in the East, and of how Eastern plants and botanical knowledge came to be transmitted to Europe. This is followed by seventy-four alphabetical plant entries, ranging from acacia to wisteria, each illustrated with wonderful pictures from a range of books, manuscripts, paintings and drawings."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780712309745
- 0712309748
- OCLC:
- 1030732313
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