Author | Williams, Rogel L. author |
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Title | Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France [electronic resource] : The Spirit of the Enlightenment / by Rogel L. Williams |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9849-1 |
Descript | V, 197 p. online resource |
Prologue -- Sรฉbastien Valliant and the Sexuality of Plants -- Linnaeus, Prince of Botanists -- Bernard de Jussieu and the Petit Trianon -- The Buffon Phenomenon -- From Jussieu to Candolle -- Plants and Medical Practices -- The Amiable Science and Sensibility -- Public Botanophilia: Floras -- Public Botanophilia: Learned Societies and Eminent Botanophiles -- Painting and Gardening: The Blending of Science and Art -- The Botanophiles Confront Deforestation -- Epilogue -- Finale