"Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press."

A Cultural History of Plants in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries covers the period from 1650 to 1800,a time of global exploration and the discovery of n

A richly illustrated exploration of how late Georgian gardens associated with medical practitioners advanced science, education, and agricultural experimentatio

This collection of essays explores the role of gardens in early modern academies and, conversely, the place of what might be called 'academic culture' in early

In 1712, English naturalist Mark Catesby (1683–1749) crossed the Atlantic to Virginia. After a seven-year stay, he returned to England with paintings of plant