Author: earl of Orford Robert Walpole
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Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Memoirs Relating to European and Asiatic Turkey , and Other Countries of the East, Ed. from Manuscript Journals. 2. Ed
Author: earl of Orford Robert Walpole
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Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Publisher:
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Pages : 712
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Chasing Plants
Author: Chris Thorogood
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226824217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A New Scientist Best Book of the Year From an acclaimed botanist and artist, a thrilling and beautifully illustrated expedition around the globe in search of the world’s most extraordinary plants. After making a strange discovery on a childhood trip to Ikea—a stand of sap-sucking, leafless broomrapes, stealing nutrients from their neighbors’ roots—Chris Thorogood dreamed of becoming a botanist and would stop at nothing to feed his growing addiction to plants. In his hair-raising adventures across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Thorogood treads a death-defying path over cliffs, up erupting volcanoes, through typhoons, and out into the very heart of the world’s vast, green wilderness. Along the way, he encounters pitcher plants, irises, and orchids more heart-piercingly beautiful than could ever be imagined. But with Thorogood as our guide in Chasing Plants, we not only imagine: we see. An internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, Thorogood conjures his adventures spent seed-collecting and conserving plants around the world back to life in his electric paintings, which feature throughout the book. They bring plants out of the shadows, challenging us to see their intrigue and their character, and helping us to understand why plant species must be protected. To join Thorogood in his wild adventures is to be cast under his green spell: readers will never think of plants the same way again.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226824217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A New Scientist Best Book of the Year From an acclaimed botanist and artist, a thrilling and beautifully illustrated expedition around the globe in search of the world’s most extraordinary plants. After making a strange discovery on a childhood trip to Ikea—a stand of sap-sucking, leafless broomrapes, stealing nutrients from their neighbors’ roots—Chris Thorogood dreamed of becoming a botanist and would stop at nothing to feed his growing addiction to plants. In his hair-raising adventures across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, Thorogood treads a death-defying path over cliffs, up erupting volcanoes, through typhoons, and out into the very heart of the world’s vast, green wilderness. Along the way, he encounters pitcher plants, irises, and orchids more heart-piercingly beautiful than could ever be imagined. But with Thorogood as our guide in Chasing Plants, we not only imagine: we see. An internationally acclaimed botanical illustrator, Thorogood conjures his adventures spent seed-collecting and conserving plants around the world back to life in his electric paintings, which feature throughout the book. They bring plants out of the shadows, challenging us to see their intrigue and their character, and helping us to understand why plant species must be protected. To join Thorogood in his wild adventures is to be cast under his green spell: readers will never think of plants the same way again.
Supplementary Catalogue of the Books Added to the Parliamentary Library
Author: Parliamentary Library of South Australia
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Systematic Catalogue of the Public Library of the City of Milwaukee
Author: Milwaukee Public Library
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
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Category : Catalogs, Classified (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
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A Dictionary of Quotations, in Most Frequent Use, Taken Chiefly from the Latin and French But Comprising Many from the Greek, Spanish, and Italian Languages, Transl. Into English. By ---. 7. Ed
Author: D ..... E ..... Macdonnel
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Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Catalogue of English Books, in All Classes of Literature on Sale by John Bohn
Author: John Bohn
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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CATALOGUE OF ENGLISH BOOKS, IN ALL CLASSES OF LITERATURE.
Author: JOHN BOHN, 17, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN
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Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Languages : en
Pages : 832
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Catalogue of the Central Lending Library
Author: Newcastle Central Library
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 744
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Fakes and Forgeries of Written Artefacts from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern China
Author: Cécile Michel
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110714418
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Fakes and forgeries are objects of fascination. This volume contains a series of thirteen articles devoted to fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from the beginnings of writing in Mesopotamia to modern China. The studies emphasise the subtle distinctions conveyed by an established vocabulary relating to the reproduction of ancient artefacts and production of artefacts claiming to be ancient: from copies, replicas and imitations to fakes and forgeries. Fakes are often a response to a demand from the public or scholarly milieu, or even both. The motives behind their production may be economic, political, religious or personal – aspiring to fame or simply playing a joke. Fakes may be revealed by combining the study of their contents, codicological, epigraphic and palaeographic analyses, and scientific investigations. However, certain famous unsolved cases still continue to defy technology today, no matter how advanced it is. Nowadays, one can find fakes in museums and private collections alike; they abound on the antique market, mixed with real artefacts that have often been looted. The scientific community’s attitude to such objects calls for ethical reflection.
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3110714418
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Fakes and forgeries are objects of fascination. This volume contains a series of thirteen articles devoted to fakes and forgeries of written artefacts from the beginnings of writing in Mesopotamia to modern China. The studies emphasise the subtle distinctions conveyed by an established vocabulary relating to the reproduction of ancient artefacts and production of artefacts claiming to be ancient: from copies, replicas and imitations to fakes and forgeries. Fakes are often a response to a demand from the public or scholarly milieu, or even both. The motives behind their production may be economic, political, religious or personal – aspiring to fame or simply playing a joke. Fakes may be revealed by combining the study of their contents, codicological, epigraphic and palaeographic analyses, and scientific investigations. However, certain famous unsolved cases still continue to defy technology today, no matter how advanced it is. Nowadays, one can find fakes in museums and private collections alike; they abound on the antique market, mixed with real artefacts that have often been looted. The scientific community’s attitude to such objects calls for ethical reflection.
The Edinburgh annual register
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 766
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