Book ID: 115331
Ruskin, John
Flora of Chamonix. 1844. (Facsimile 2023). illus. 350 p. & Commentary volume. 2023. 161 p. 4to. Hardcover.
A full-size facsimile of John Ruskin's as yet unpublished book of pressed plants with notes, collected and compiled by Ruskin during 1844 from the mountains and forests around Chamonix, France. This rare example of a herbier to be reproduced and published is accompanied with a second volume of notes and commentary. Here, Ruskin's full, scientific explanations are fully commented on in the light of modern botanical knowledge.
The facsimile is accompanied by an introduction, illuminating essays and detailed notes and commentary by David Ingram and Stephen Wildman.