Author: Pavord, Anna
Title: The Naming Of Names - The Search For Order In The World Of Plants
Description: Bloomsbury, 2005, 1st edition. Cloth, dj, F/VG+. 472pp, 158 colour & b/w plates, index, a fine copy in a slightly spine faded but otherwise fine dustjacket. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0747579520 ¶ A history of the struggle to name the Worlds plants scientifically, a struggle which to be overcome meant the unravelling of the seemingly chaotic nature of plants, their similarities & related species. It was a struggle which occupied the mind of man for centuries, begining in Ancient Greece. Well illustrated with plates and images from early books & manuscripts on plants and botany.

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