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Auteur(s) : Ball, Caroline
Titre(s) : A splendour of succulents et cacti [Texte imprimé] : illustrations from an eighteenth-century botanical treasury / Caroline Ball
Publication : Oxford : Bodleian library publishing, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (134 p.) : ill. en coul. ; 20 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [130]-131
Succulents, especially cacti, are the current focus of serious ecological studies
but also the darlings of designers and style influencers. Their endearing, characterful
looks have given them the status of trendy 'plant pets'. But succulentomania is not
new. While these plants have always been part of the landscape in the dry vastnesses
of the Americas, Australia and Africa, curiosities such as furry-flowered stapeliads
and euphorbias like snakes were a source of fascination for early European plant collectors
- and in eighteenth-century Bavaria a prosperous apothecary grew an 'American aloe'
that astounded all who saw it. This apothecary, Johann Wilhelm Weinmann, was the mastermind
behind a groundbreaking book in which he aimed to include thousands of plants from
all over the world, describing their individual characteristics and commissioning
magnificent colour illustrations of each specimen. The succulents he featured are
reproduced here in all their splendour. We may no longer look to them to treat gangrene,
manufacture glass or disperse kidney stones, but succulents are proving of great interest
to modern medicine and agriculture, and we can marvel at them afresh not only as wonders
of nature but also as works of art
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Splendour of succulents and cacti
Sujet(s) : Weinmann, Johann Wilhelm (1683-1741)
Plantes grasses -- Illustration botanique -- 18e siècle
Cactus
Genre ou forme : Ouvrages illustrés
Indice(s) Dewey :
583.885 0222 (23e éd.) = Cactacées - Illustration
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781851245970 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47343467w
Notice n° :
FRBNF47343467
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