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Record Nr.

UNINA9910342954403321

Autore

Paris Harry S

Titolo

The drawings of Antoine Nicolas Duchesne for his Natural History of the Gourds / / Harry S. Paris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Publications scientifiques du Muséum, 2019

ISBN

2-85653-907-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (454 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ChauvetMichel

GascJean-Pierre

ParisHarry S

Soggetti

History & Philosophy Of Science

histoire des sciences

botanique

botany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

For the first time, this book makes available to a wide readership, not only to an educated audience, high-resolution reproductions of all the 258 paintings of gourds of the genus Cucurbita, figuring about a hundred cultivars, kept at the Bibliothèque centrale of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, made in the 18th century by the talentuous Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, of the Royal Garden in Versailles, a forerunner of genetics and evolution.  This book by Dr. Harry Paris, a leading expert of Cucurbitaceae, is written both in English and French and is aimed at scientists (e.g., botanists, geneticists, agronomists, horticulturists, science historians) as well as more general readers including gardeners, above all those very numerous fond of cultivated plants, particularly of Cucurbitaceae. Its large format (320 x 440 mm), the diversity and magnificence of its plates and the beauty of its presentation will also attract bibliophiles.  This volume is not only the first publication to contain Duchesne’s naming and classification of the three economically most important species of Cucurbita, it also contains Duchesne’s summary of his investigations with this genus.



The plates are accompanied by reprinting of appropriate abstracts from Duchesne’s Essai sur l’histoire naturelle des courges together with, by Harry Paris, commentaries on the illustrations with an analysis of existing published and unpublished documents concerning these plates. As for his work on strawberries, here once again is stressed the unfailing tenaciousness and extraordinary sense of observation of Antoine Nicolas Duchesne coupled with quite original and premonitory evolutionary ideas.  Le présent volume met, pour la première fois, à la disposition d’un large lectorat des reproductions en haute définition des 258 dessins de courges du genre Cucurbita, illustrant une centaine de cultivars, conservés à la Bibliothèque centrale du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle et réalisés au XVIIIe siècle par…

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144200003321

Titolo

Evidence based library and information practice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edmonton, AB, : University of Alberta Libraries, ©2006-

Soggetti

Library science - Research

Information science - Research

Evidence-based library science

Library Services

Professional Practice

Information Services

Fulltext

Internet Resources.

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Title from title screen (publisher's Web site, viewed Mar. 16, 2006).

"EBLIP is a peer reviewed, open access journal published quarterly by the University of Alberta Learning Services, using the OJS Software. The



purpose of the journal is to provide a forum for librarians and other information professionals to discover research that may contribute to decision making in professional practice. EBLIP publishes original research and commentary on the topic of evidence based library and information practice, as well as reviews of previously published research (evidence summaries)--on a wide number of topics."