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Sarah Whittingham

Autor(a) de The Victorian Fern Craze (Shire Library)

3 Works 42 Membros 3 Reviews

Obras de Sarah Whittingham

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
female

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Resenhas

As usual the Shire books are equally delightful and frustrating in equal measure. Delightful since they provide well-sourced information on the most obscure subjects, frustrating because they leave you wanting more.. As usual in a very few pages, this gives a good overview of one of the Victorians most enduring fads - that of fern collecting. Covering the social & technological developments which made cultivation possible, it is lavislhly illustrated and well-written. It has a handy list of some extant ferneries & conservatories woth seeing, but disappointingly no bibliography to speak of.… (mais)
½
 
Marcado
antisyzygy | 1 outra resenha | Jul 19, 2010 |
 
Marcado
CSTJ-Library | Mar 29, 2018 |

Estatísticas

Obras
3
Membros
42
Popularidade
#357,757
Avaliação
4.2
Resenhas
3
ISBNs
3