164 pp, large 8vo (10 1/4"). 70 watercolors by E.J. Revell. "In seventy exquisite watercolours E.J. Revell has captured the beauty of plants found by early travellers in North America - from Ash to Wintergreen, Bittersweet to Wappatoo, the common Bedstraw and the uncommon Camass, the edible Fiddlehead and the ubiquitous Dandelion. Accompanying each painting are quotations from a variety of explorers and settlers, describing the plants and reflecting the practical, aesthetic, and botanic interests of newcomers in different parts of the country. The result is an intriguing mixture of native knowledge and frontier wisdom which provides a picture of life in a new land." Dust jacket has some darkening to panels and edges, minor edge wrinkling.
Title: 'AND SOME BROUGHT FLOWERS': PLANTS IN A NEW WORLD.
ISBN Number: 0802023630
ISBN-13: 9780802023636
Illustrator: E.J. Revell.
Location Published: Toronto, University of Toronto Press: 1980
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good+
Categories: Gardening, Natural History, Art - Book Illustration/Illustrators, Canada - Natural History, Canada - General
Seller ID: 17274
Keywords: 18th century, 19th century, botany, dandelions, e.j. revell, exploration, explorers, fiddleheads, flora, flowers., fur traders, history, illustrated books, journals, letters, native plants, natural history, north american, pioneers, plant lore, plants, settlers, travel, travellers, trees
