Book ID: 91461
Spary, Emma C.
Le Jardin d'Utopie - l'histoire naturelle en France de l'Ancien Regime a la Revolution. 2005. 7 col. fig. 33 b/w figs. 407 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.- In French.
Traces the history and transformation of the Jardin des Plantes atParis since its foundation in 1635 to the present state as MuseumNational d'Histoire Naturelle, its significance for science andagriculture, and horticulture.