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The Naming Of Names The Search For Order In The World Of Plants [Buy it!] | Pavord Anna | USD 12.82 (Sat Jun 8 09:28:12 2024) | Biblio | Eastleach Books | Bloomsbury, Date: 2005. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. 472pp, 158 colour & b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a slightly spine faded but otherwise fine dustjacket. A history of the struggle to name the Worlds plants scientifically, a struggle which to be overcome meant the unravelling of the seemingly chaotic nature of plants, their similarities & related species. It was a struggle which occupied the mind of man for centuries, begining in Ancient Greece. Well illustrated with plates and images from early books & manuscripts on plants and botany. 2005. Bloomsbury ISBN 0747579520 9780747579526 [GB] |