Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France the Spirit of the Enlightenment
- List Price: $179.99
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub
- Publish date: 12/01/2001
Description:
Prologue.- Sbastien Valliant and the Sexuality of Plants.- Linnaeus, Prince of Botanists.- Bernard de Jussieu and the Petit Trianon.- The Buffon Phenomenon.- From Jussieu to Candolle.- Plants and Medical Practices.- The Amiable Science and Sensibility.- Public Botanophilia: Floras.- Public Botanophilia: Learned Societies and Eminent Botanophiles.- Painting and Gardening: The Blending of Science and Art.- The Botanophiles Confront Deforestation.- Epilogue.- Finale.
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