{"product_id":"9781851243068","title":"The Magnificent Flora Graeca: How the Mediterranean Came to the English Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe publishing of the\u003ci\u003e Flora Graeca \u003c\/i\u003ewas a landmark event in 1830. Only 25 copies were published, due to the book’s size of 10 double folio volumes and its numerous illustrations, and it cost over £620, a colossal sum at the time. The \u003ci\u003eFlora Graeca\u003c\/i\u003e brought together beautiful renderings of the fruits of the travels of British scientist John Sibthorp, who made multiple trips to the eastern Mediterranean in the early nineteenth century to collect a rich array of exotic floral specimens. Now \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Flora Graeca\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles Sibthorp’s immense undertaking, including brilliant selections from his groundbreaking volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e          The story of the expeditions of Sibthorp and his renowned illustrator Ferdinand Bauer is a tale replete with larger-than-life characters and adventures on land and sea. Harris profiles the lives of Sibthorp, Bauer, and other leading characters, and explores the \u003ci\u003eFlora Graeca\u003c\/i\u003e’s rich cultural and scientific legacy. Sibthorp’s pioneering adventures unearthed floral specimens previously unknown to science, as he collected the originals of such popular garden flowers as the \u003ci\u003eCrocus flavus ssp. flavus\u003c\/i\u003e, the parent of the Golden Yellow; and Cyprus’s \u003ci\u003eCyclamen persicum\u003c\/i\u003e, the parent of the widely grown garden cyclamens species.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e          This new volume, drawn from photographs of Sibthorp’s remarkably well-preserved specimens and luminous reproductions of the original watercolors and engravings by Bauer, features more images from the \u003ci\u003eFlora Graeca\u003c\/i\u003e than have ever been published since its first printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e          A fascinating treasure of floral wonders, \u003ci\u003eThe Magnificent Flora Graeca\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential addition to the bookshelf for the plant lover or anyone curious about the natural history behind their beloved garden retreats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bodleian Library, University of Oxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038289707248,"sku":"9781851243068","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781851243068_p0.jpg?v=1763596456","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781851243068","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}