{"product_id":"plant-exploring-the-botanical-world-hardcover","title":"Plant: Exploring the Botanical World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhaidon Phaidon Editors\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJames Compton\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eMartyn Rix\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images ever\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the footsteps of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eMap, Exploring the World\u003c\/i\u003e, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plants. It combines photographs and cutting-edge micrograph scans with watercolours, drawings, and prints to bring this universally popular and captivating subject vividly to life. Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities, this stunning compilation of botanically themed images includes iconic work by celebrated artists, photographers, scientists, and botanical illustrators, as well as rare and previously unpublished images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdvisory panel\u003c\/b\u003e: Rosie Atkins, Gillian Barlow, Brent Elliott, Celia Fisher, Patricia Jonas, Rob Kesseler, Hans Walter Laack, Gren Lucas, Henry Noltie, Mikinori Ogisu, Pia ﾖstlund, Lynn Parker, Martyn Rix, Charlotte Tancin, Alice Tangerini and Anita Walsmit Sachs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdditional texts\u003c\/b\u003e: Rosie Atkins, Helen Bynum, Ruth Chivers, James Compton, Tim Cooke, Brent Elliott, Celia Fisher, Carolyn Fry, Patricia Jonas, Rob Kesseler, Hans Walter Lack, Paula McWaters, Pia ﾖstlund, Lynn Parker, Martyn Rix, Julian Shaw, Charlotte Tancin, Alice Tangerini, Guy Tindale, Jacek Wajer and Martin Walters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePhaidon Editors \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr James Compton\u003c\/b\u003e is a botanist and plant collector with a special interest in the history and classification of plants. He was a student at Kew, Head Gardener at Chelsea Physic Garden and he wrote his PhD at the University of Reading on the genus Actaea. He is the author, with Chris Lane, of \u003ci\u003eWisteria: The Complete Guide\u003c\/i\u003e - The RHS Horticultural Monograph on all species and cultivars of wisteria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartyn Rix\u003c\/b\u003e is a botanist and plant collector who has served as a botanist to The Royal Horticultural Society. He studied botany at Trinity College, Dublin, and did a PhD on Greek and Turkish Fritillaria at Cambridge. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eCurtis's Botanical Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and has authored and edited numerous botanical guides and books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 11.6 x 10.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765281816864,"sku":"9780714871486","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e0a8d428d46d836dcbae5a1a30af537c.webp?v=1780265948","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/plant-exploring-the-botanical-world-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}