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The Flora Graeca Story: Sibthorp, Bauer, and Hawkins in the Levant
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Artikel-Nr:
9780198548973
Veröffentl:
1999
Seiten:
378
Autor:
H. Walter Lack
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This is the first scholarly treatise to tell the remarkable story behind the making of the Flora Graeca, a monumental collection of drawings and descriptions of plants in mainland Greece and the Balkan Peninsula. Originally described by Diskorides in the sixth century, the flora and fauna of the Balkan Peninsula were neglected until the gentlemen botanists-naturalists John Sibthorpe and John Hawkins, with the help of illustrator Ferdinand Bauer, travelled the region and produced a class of paintings superior to anything of their kind in existence then. These were to become one of the most valuable treasures of the University of Oxford. Based on the original diaries, letters, and specimen, this fine work is illustrated with prints from the original illustrations which are still housed at the Department of Plant Sciences at Oxford.
Introduction; Complexities of discovery; Physicians and apothecarians; Levant lunatics; Expeditions; Linnaean revolutions; Sibthorp - the early years; Bauer - the early years; Hawkins - the early years; Sibthorp - the first journey; Hawkins's first journey; Sibthorp - the years between; Bauer's work for Sibthorp and Hawkins; Hawkins - the years between; Hawkins's second journey; Sibthorp's second journey; Sibthorp - the final months; The collections, drawings and notes; Hawkins - home the sailor; The publication of the results; Epilogue; References; Appendices