Emily Dickinson's Herbarium
Emily Dickinson
Introduction by Richard B. Sewall
Foreword by Leslie A. Morris
Preface by Judith Farr
Appendix by Raymond Angelo
Emily Dickinson's album of more than 400 pressed flowers and plants, carefully preserved, has long been a treasure of Harvard's Houghton Library. This beautifully produced, slipcased volume now makes it available to all readers interested in Emily Dickinson. Introduced by a substantial literary and biographical essay, and including a complete botanical catalog and index, this volume will delight scholars, gardeners, and all readers of Emily Dickinson's poetry.
Hardcover 2006
Plants and Empire
Londa Schiebinger
In the eighteenth century, epic scientific voyages were sponsored by European imperial powers to explore the natural riches of the New World, and uncover the botanical secrets of its people. Bioprospectors brought back medicines, luxuries, and staples for their king and country. Plants and Empire explores the movement, triumph, and extinction of knowledge in the course of encounters between Europeans and the Caribbean populations.
Hardcover 2004 / Paperback 2007