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Strange Blooms. The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants.

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Strange Blooms. The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants.

by POTTER, Jennifer.:

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ISBN 13
9781843543343
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London: Atlantic Books, 2006.. In seventeenth-century Britain, a new breed of 'curious' gardeners was pushing at the frontiers of knowledge and new plants were stealing into Europe from East and West. The man responsible for introducing many if these plants to Britain was John Tradescant...His fabulous collection of curiousities and rare plants known as Tradescant's Ark, became Britain's first public museum. When Tradescant died, his son returned from plant-hunting in Virginia to inherit his father's collection and position as keeper of the royal vines, garderns and silkworms at Oatlands Palace." Pp.xxix/464, 18 black & white plates and 7 colour plates, plus many illustrations in the text. Green cloth, dustwrapper. VG/VG.

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Title
Strange Blooms. The Curious Lives and Adventures of the John Tradescants.
Author
POTTER, Jennifer.:
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
1843543346
ISBN 13
9781843543343
Publisher
London: Atlantic Books, 2006.
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
2006
Keywords
jennifer potter strange blooms curious lives adventures john tradescant plant collecting hunting tradescant's ark biography gardener exotic vines virginia travel pirates africa france 52228 1843543346
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