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The Orchid in Lore and Legend
de Berliocchi, Luigi
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- ISBN 10
- 0881926167
- ISBN 13
- 9780881926163
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Sobre este artículo
U.S.A.: Timber Press, 2010. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The orchid is the most evocative of flowers, inspiring in some of its admirers a fanaticism akin to madness, as demonstrated in Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief. This elegant survey of the orchid treats its place in legend and suggests the impact that these exotic plants---whose "exuberance and heavy, sensual beauty ... seemed to bear witness to some original sin"---had on the temperate European mind. Berliocchi chronicles the adventurers and scientists who introduced these marvels, discusses their place in the arts from literature and magic to cuisine and concludes with accounts of the most important genera and their cultivation. Splendidly illustrated with period engravings and botanical paintings, it is literate and delightful.
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- The Orchid in Lore and Legend
- Autor
- Berliocchi, Luigi
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0881926167
- ISBN 13
- 9780881926163
- Editorial
- Timber Press
- Lugar de publicación
- U.S.A.
- Fecha de publicación
- 2010
- Páginas
- 200
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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