Hortus Curious - Michael Perry
Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi
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Celebrate the weird, wacky, and wonderful world of plants with a book that revels in the diversity of the botanical world.
Plants are truly awe-inspiring. They can be vast, minute, smelly, or spectacularly ugly. Some plants live on their own, or by growing off others; some live by air and water; others are carnivorous, eating the creatures around them; some plants look remarkably like animals; while others have unusual symbolism; and some have special cultural significance. This book explores them all, bringing together the most peculiar and most fascinating plants on the planet - celebrating them in all their diverse splendour.
Split into five chapters, covering everything from poisonous plants to painkilling ones, Michael Perry explains exactly what makes each plant special. With exquisitely detailed illustrations of all the different species, this is an informative, humorous, and beautiful gift for all those who love plants - whether they want to grow them or not. Hortus Curious delivers a different way to v...
Plants are truly awe-inspiring. They can be vast, minute, smelly, or spectacularly ugly. Some plants live on their own, or by growing off others; some live by air and water; others are carnivorous, eating the creatures around them; some plants look remarkably like animals; while others have unusual symbolism; and some have special cultural significance. This book explores them all, bringing together the most peculiar and most fascinating plants on the planet - celebrating them in all their diverse splendour.
Split into five chapters, covering everything from poisonous plants to painkilling ones, Michael Perry explains exactly what makes each plant special. With exquisitely detailed illustrations of all the different species, this is an informative, humorous, and beautiful gift for all those who love plants - whether they want to grow them or not. Hortus Curious delivers a different way to v...
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2022Uitgever: Dorling Kindersley Publishing192 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 226x178ISBN-10: 0241561558ISBN-13: 9780241561553Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original decorated boards, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour drawings, 8vo. [Auteur: Perry, Michael] [Pagina's: 191] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: DK Penguin Random House] [Jaar: 2022] [Titel: Hortus Curious: Discover the World's Most Weird and Wonderful Plants and Fungi]
