Author: Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle

Publisher: Pittsburgh : Hunt Botanical Library

Published: 1963

Total Pages: 248

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Facsimile and English translation of L'Héritier de Brutelle's nomenclaturally important work of 1788, illustrated by Redouté and James Sowerby. The plants described were introduced into Europe from collections gathered throughout the world during 18th-century voyages of exploration. Introductory chapters include a foreword by George H. M. Lawrence, "L'Héritier de Brutele: The man and his work" by F. A. Stafleu, "The plants of Sertum Anglicum" by J. S. L. Gilmour, C. J. King, and L. H. J. Williams, and "The illustrators of Sertum Anglicum" by Wildrid Blunt.