From Here and There.

Wagener, Richard.

Verlag: Petaluma, California: Mixolydian Editions, 2022.

Beschreibung

Wagener observed the plants illustrated in the present work while visiting botanical gardens in countries including Australia, England, Scotland, Lithuania, Austria, and Finland. These international finds are joined by illustrations of plants from the Huntington botanical gardens, as well as four plants observed in the wild in California and Costa Rica. 7 x 12 in. [72] pp. With twenty woodcut plates (including frontispiece), six in color, of plants observed in the wild and in botanical gardens internationally. With an explanatory paragraph for each woodcut. Printed by Richard Wagener in Aldus Nova, Centaur, and Bembo types on Zerkall smooth paper. This is the deluxe edition with a suite of six additional signed prints, three in color. The prints reproduce woodcuts included in the book. Bound by Priscilla Spitler in red morocco over iridescent paste paper made by Claire Maziarczyk. Foil stamped with title on spine. A fine copy, as new, of a beautiful book in the iridescent Japanese cloth clamshell case. With the prospectus. One of twenty-six deluxe copies in an edition of fifty-one, plus six hors commerce copies. From Here and There continues thematically from WagenerÕs Exoticum (2017), which also explores the plants of the Huntington, in particular the native flora of California. The present work and Exoticum both have elements of the field guide in their form, with the explanatory paragraphs in the present work offering information on the origins of each plant and their relevance in medicine, cuisine, and culture. The result is a book that muses on ecology, the role of nature in human civilization, the threat of climate change, and even the forces of colonization and so-called discovery that brings a flower native to the Amazons to a botanical garden in Scotland in the first place. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 17226

Bibliografische Details

Titel: From Here and There.

Verlag: Petaluma, California: Mixolydian Editions, 2022.

Einband: Hardcover

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers