Comments on: Rare Botany Books

Rare Botany Books

thatwhichfalls — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 04:49:07 -0800

The Missouri Botanical Garden Library has scanned and posted 46 volumes of its rare book collection. 16,133 pages and 2,050 beautiful illustrations are currently available.
As an example, see this engraving of a foxglove by Pierre Vallet from 1608.

By: Dick Paris

Dick Paris — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 04:52:50 -0800

Scanned the whole lot all right, even the blank pages. :-) Nice link. My wife will love this.

By: misteraitch

misteraitch — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:37:03 -0800

What an excellent resource: I love this kind of stuff. Many thanks, thatwhichfalls.

By: plep

plep — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 05:46:31 -0800

This is great. Thanks.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 06:33:02 -0800

Excellent! I hunt wild food and contemporary guides don't always have the best illustrations this is a useful additional resource.

By: rudyfink

rudyfink — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 07:36:21 -0800

Nice. I really am tempted to start an organization that sends a nice engraved thing to organizations that digitize books.

By: kozad

kozad — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 08:52:59 -0800

The Gardens themselves, in Saint Louis, are wonderful.

By: carter

carter — Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:22:48 -0800

Great site and collection, thanks, thatwhichfalls.