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Botany
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Plants and Plant Lore in Ancient Greece
by John Raven
In 1976 John Raven presented four Grey Lectures at Cambridge University which sought to reappraise long-accepted identifications of ancient names for modern plants. These lectures, plus another given in 1971, form the main focus of this book and many of the issues raised within them are discussed further by William Stearn, Nicholas Jardine and Peter Warren, taking account of more research. Also includes an additional two papers by Alice Lindsell, ...
Hardback. Price US$45.00
Digital Atlas of Economic Plants in Archaeology
by R. Neef, R.T.J. Cappers and R.M. Bekker
The third part of the Digital Plant Atlas presents illustrations of subfossil remains of plants with economic value. These plant remains mainly derive from excavations in the Old World (Europe, Western Asia and North Africa) that the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI, Berlin) and the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA) have conducted or participated in. Plant material is usually very perishable, but can nevertheless be preserved ...
Paperback. Price US$295.00
Archaeobotany in Hungary: Seed, Fruit, Food and Beverage Remainsin the Carpathian Basin from the Neolithic to the Late Middle Ages
by Ferenc Gyulai
Thanks to extensive archaeobotanical investigations, it can be now considered as a fact that the Carpathian Basin is one of the longest inhabited regions of Europe. Plant cultivation has a history of eight thousand years, the cultivation of vegetables has been pursued for four thousand years, and fruit cultivation has been going on for two thousand years. Cultivated plants arrived in the Carpathian Basin with the first Neolithic agrarian culture. ...
Hardback. Price US$118.00
Joseph Franz Rock: Phytogeography of Northwest and Southwest China
edited by Hartmut Walravens
J. F. Rock wrote his phytogeography as an abstract of his botanical explorations in China in 1952 for the Royal Horticultural Societ, but because of circumstances beyond his control it remained unpublished. It gives a survey of the vegetation of the areas that Rock visited himself, especially Yunnan and Qinghai, and is enhanced by the inclusion of the author's experiences and views. Joseph Francis Rock (1884-1962) was born in Vienna, and during ...
Paperback. Price US$89.00
Samenatlas: Teil 3, Fabaceae and Teil 4, Hypericaceae
by Herbert Knapp
The Botanical Institute of Innsbruck University has an extensive collelction of plant seeds. Based on this collection of morphology and ultra-structure of numerous seeds from different plant families were investigated using SEM. So far more than 6.000 detailed microphotographies are available and provide useful information for botanical systematics, ultrastructural, palaeobotancial and archaebotanical studies.
The second volume of the present ...
Hardback. Price US$168.00
Digital Atlas of Economic Plants
by R.T.J. Cappers, R. Neef and R.M. Bekker
This atlas, which - like the other atlases in the series - is published as a book plus a website, presents the plant parts that have an economic value and are offered for sale at markets and in shops. They include plants that are used as food, spices, stimulants, medicines, poisons, offerings, dyes, tannins, building materials and ground coverings. 2035p (Barkhuis 2009)
Hardback. Price US$445.00
Das Moller-Florilegium: Hans Simon Holtzbeckers Blumenalbum für den Bürgermeister Barthold Moller
edited by Dietrich Roth
Hans Simon Holtzbecker's Florilegia, testimonies of outstanding artistic talent, exact observation and astounding diligence, are an important source for the history of floral painting and garden art, as well as historical botany and the introduction of ornamental plants in Germany. German text.
Hans Simon Holtzbecker's Florilegien, Zeugnisse herausragender künstlerischen Begabung, genauer Beobachtung und immensen ...
Hardback. Price US$150.00
A Glossary of Wood
by Thomas Corkhill
10,000 terms relating to timber and its uses, explained and clarified with 1,000 illustrations. This highly successful hook has been republished to meet continued demand. Its 10,000 terms cover tree names, location, type of timber, workability and use: joints in timber; machine working and mill work: seasoning, preservation, decay and diseases: woodwork tools and construction methods: veneering, finishing and polishing. 654p, illus. (Stobart ...
Paperback. Price US$49.95
Harvesting Forest Products
by George Tsoumis
A full account of the economic and practical considerations of harvesting forest products whilst protecting the natural environment of the forest. It covers felling and felling equipment, extraction methods, time studies, etc. Fully illustrated. 160p, illus. (Stobart Davies 1992)
Paperback. Price US$39.95
British Woodland Produce
by J. G. Aaron and E. G. Richards
A comprehensive account of the properties, uses and markets for the wide range of conifers and broadleaves grown in British woodlands. This is a book for all those engaged in handling timber. Fully illustrated with drawings and b/w photos. 224p, illus. (Stobart Davies 1990)
Paperback. Price US$29.95
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