Great Natural History Books and their Creators. ISBN 9781988550176

ISBN 9781988550176

Well illustrated biography of Sophia Grey

Part one covers planning and planting

During the Dutch golden age in 1636

Worsley achieved lasting fame by navigating a small boat to the whaling station on South Georgia

Great Natural History Books and their Creators. ISBN 9781988550176Ray Desmond. The fascinating stories of a selection of the finest, most rare and most sought after natural history books ever published. Botanical books included here, amongst others, are the Hortus Eystettensis of 1613, The Temple of Flora, Flora Graeca, Flora Danica, The Flora Londinensis and Botanical Magazine of William Curtis and the Florilegium of Joseph Banks. A very beautiful book printed on heavy white paper. The British Library and Oak Knoll