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Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and
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Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers and Plants Oversized hardcover - 2009

by W. John Kress, Marc Hachadourian

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Abbeville Press, September 2009. First Edition. Oversized Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. First printing w/ full number line; Tight binding, gently worn at spine; Clean, sturdy green cloth boards w/ immaculate gilt at front and spine; Previous owner names written (quite laregly) at half title w/ all other pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket near fine w/ no significant flaws to disclose; Slipcase near fine w/ no significant flaws to disclose; An excellent copy of this beautiful edition.
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Citations

  • Choice, 03/01/2010, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 11/01/2009, Page 65

About the author

Jonathan Singer's double-elephant folio of Botanica Magnifica is kept in the Cullman Rare Book Room at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Dr. Singer was named a Hasselblad Laureate Award winner (2008) and Carl Linnaeus Silver Medalist from the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (2009) based on his contribution marrying art with science, and to "our perception and appreciation of the botanical world." His many achievements include his appointment as Research Collaborator, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

W. John Kress is a Curator of Botany and Research Scientist at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of Abbeville's The Weeping Goldsmith: Discoveries in the Secret Land of Myanmar and has written many articles on botany.

Marc Hachadourian is the Acting Manager of the Nolen Greenhouses for the New York Botanical Garden. He specializes in orchids, aquatics, bulbs, and alpines and is particularly interested in public awareness of global plant conservation and the appreciation of plant biodiversity.

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