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BOTANICA MAGNIFICA - IN SLIPCASE
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BOTANICA MAGNIFICA - IN SLIPCASE Hardcover - 2009

by photos by Jonathan Singer

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New York: Abbeville Press, 2009. first edition as stated. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. 12 x 16 in. Elephant folio. Black cloth boards. Stated first edition. Condition is FINE ; like new on all points. DJ is NEAR FINE ; a touch rubbed at spine, else like new. Original slipcase is excellent ; extremely clean, a touch rubbed. Extra shipping may apply. Gardens. RGR.
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  • Title BOTANICA MAGNIFICA - IN SLIPCASE
  • Author photos by Jonathan Singer
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition first edition as stated
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 356
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Abbeville Press, New York
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Slip Case, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 46072
  • ISBN 9780789210333 / 0789210339
  • Weight 10.58 lbs (4.80 kg)
  • Dimensions 15.7 x 12.6 x 2 in (39.88 x 32.00 x 5.08 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Flowers, Orchids - Pictorial works
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009008284
  • Dewey Decimal Code 779.343

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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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