This volume completes a trilogy meant to be a commentary on the botanophilia that captured the literate public in 18th-century France. Enthusiastic public support for any governmental initiative likely to expand botanical knowledge was an expression of immense curiosity about the natural world beyond Europe. It amounted to a quest for universal knowledge that could benefit all mankind: useful knowledge that could improve the human condition in this life.
- ISBN13 9781402011092
- Publish Date 31 March 2003
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Edition 2003 ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 249
- Language English