Jardines-Botánica

Recording Alexander von Humboldt's historic expedition to the Americas and Cuba - hailed by many as the 'scientific discovery of America' - these intricate and delicately tinted prints reveal his revolutionary findings as he traveled through jungles, across rivers, and over mountainous terrain. The (...)

Entre las plantas vivas del Real Jardín Botánico (Madrid) destacan por su delicadeza los pequeños árboles bonsái, plantas cultivadas en bandejas de magnífico porte y mágico aspecto. En este libro el RJB recoge las fotografías de una buena parte de estos bonsáis. Cuidados y seleccionados por su (...)

French flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including (...)

From AD100 landscape architect Edmund Hollander, a collection of spectacular projects celebrating the way we live outdoors, from pastoral retreats to seaside escapes to rooftop refuges.In this book, Hollander explores the idea of home as the natural surroundings that people live in: a place of (...)