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OverviewThis is the first scholarly treatise that tells the remarkable story behind the making of the Flora Graeca, the monumental collection of illustrations and descriptions of plants in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. First described by Dioskorides in the sixth century, the flora and fauna of the Levant was neglected until the gentlemen botanists-naturalists John Sibthorp and John Hawkins, accompanied by illustrator Ferdinand Bauer, travelled there. Bauer produced a class of paintings superior to anthing of their kind in existence then, and his work was to become one of the most valuable treasures of the University of Oxford. Based on the original diaries, letters, and specimens, this fine work is illustrated with the original illustrations which are still housed at the Department of Plant Sciences there. Full Product DetailsAuthor: H.W. Lack (Professor, Professor, Freie Universitat, Berlin, with) , David Mabberley (Professor, Professor, Rijksuniversiteit, Leiden, Netherlands)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 23.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 28.40cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780198548973ISBN 10: 0198548974 Pages: 360 Publication Date: 05 November 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Complexities of discovery Physicians and apothecarians Levant lunatics Expeditions Linnaean revolutions Sibthorp - the early years Bauer - the early years Hawkins - the early years Sibthorp - the first journey Hawkins's first journey Sibthorp - the years between Bauer's work for Sibthorp and Hawkins Hawkins - the years between Hawkins's second journey Sibthorp's second journey Sibthorp - the final months The collections, drawings and notes Hawkins - home the sailor The publication of the results Epilogue References AppendicesReviewsHosannas have already been sung to Lack's The Flora Graeca story by B. Mathew in Curtis's Bot Mag. 16:247-248, E. C. Nelson in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 131:201-2-2, and T. Raus in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 121:608-609. Lack's Story is a much-needed and magnificent history of John Sibthorp (1758-96) and his ten-volume Flora Graeca (1806-40) and especially of his extensive exploratory journeys (1784-87, 1794-95) with John Hawkins (1761-1841) and Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826). I can add little to the justified praises in these reviews ... --Taxon Walter Lack's biography of Flora Graeca and the preceding Prodromus is a masterpiece of meticulous scholarship, expertly compiled and superbly written. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 1999 ...books as this one are essential, that more of their kind are needed because they are vital for our proper understanding of the ways in which our knowledge of the world around us, and of those parts of the world that are far from home, came about. OPTIMA Newsletter, No. 34, July 1999 ...an exquisitely illustrated wonder-book of legendary beauty and rarity. Financial Times, 4th September 1999 A much-needed and magnificent history of John Sibthorp (1758-96) and his ten-volume Flora Graeca (1806-40) and especially of his extensive exploratory journeys with John Hawkins. Rudolf Schmid, Taxon Walter Lack's biography of Flora Graeca ... is a masterpiece of meticulous scholarship, expertly compiled and superbly written... I cannot praise Professor Lack's achievement too highly. E. Charles Nelson, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society The Flora Graeca Story is a remarkable tale of drama and conflict, but above all of perseverance, excellence, and dedication... A well-structured, eminently readable, and beautifully illustrated book - an altogether admirable achievement. Arne Strid, Nordic Journal of Botany Bauer's plates are the best part of it... Blumea Hosannas have already been sung to Lack's The Flora Graeca story by B. Mathew in Curtis's Bot Mag. 16: 247-248, E. C. Nelson in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 131: 201-2-2, and T. Raus in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 121: 608-609. Lack's Story is a much-needed and magnificent history of John Sibthorp (1758-96) and his ten-volume Flora Graeca (1806-40) and especially of his extensive exploratory journeys (1784-87, 1794-95) with John Hawkins (1761-1841) and Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826). I can add little to the justified praise in these reviews ... --Taxon<br> Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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