This book is the first in-depth study of eighteenth-century botanical illustrations. Its findings offer a completely new insight into the working practices of t

Between 1777 and 1816, botanical expeditions crisscrossed the vast Spanish empire in an ambitious project to survey the flora of much of the Americas, the Carib

In den Jahren nach den Napoleonischen Kriegen gewann der in Bremen geborene John Henry Bohte (1784–1824) als Buchverkäufer und Verleger mit einem in London a

This book examines collecting around the world and how women have participated in and formed collections globally. The edited volume builds on recent research a

When Catharine Parr Traill came to Upper Canada in 1832 as a settler from England, she brought along with her ties to British botanical culture. Nonetheless, wh