Romeyn B. Hough. The Woodbook. The Complete Plates
40Edizione: Multilingue (Francese, Inglese, Tedesco)Disponibilità: DisponibileUn facsimile accurato che riproduce tutte le pagine dei volumi originali di American Woods di Romeyn Beck Hough, un'opera di riferimento indispensabile di una bellezza mozzafiato che ha stabilito gli standard per lo studio degli alberi e del legno. In questa elegante edizione in oro, ogni esemplare è suddiviso in tre sezioni trasversali, che ne rivelano le caratteristiche uniche, le venature, i colori e la struttura.
Romeyn B. Hough. The Woodbook. The Complete Plates
40For the Love of Trees
The illustrated encyclopedia of wood types, now in a gold edition
The Woodbook reproduces, in painstaking facsimile, all of the specimen pages from the original volumes; for this purpose, TASCHEN obtained an extremely rare original set of volumes in very good condition, with minimal damage to the wood cuts.
Arranged in alphabetical order, each tree is broken down into three different cross-section cuts of wood (radial, horizontal, and tangential), demonstrating the particular characteristics of the grain and the wealth of colors and textures to be found among the many different wood types.
Also included in this special edition are lithographs by Charles Sprague Sargent of the leaves and nuts of most trees, as well as texts explaining each tree’s geographical origins and physical characteristics.
L'autore
Klaus Ulrich Leistikow (1929-2002) studied natural science and philosophy at the universities of Cologne, Tübingen and Glasgow, and then taught biology at the university of Frankfurt. From 1986 to 1989 he was Director of the Botanical Institute and the Botanical Gardens in Frankfurt-am-Main. It was there in 1988 that he was elected Chairman of the Society of Friends of the Palm Garden.
Romeyn B. Hough. The Woodbook. The Complete Plates
Copertina rigida, 16 x 23.2 cm, 2.09 kg, 768 pagineISBN 978-3-8365-8061-8
Edizione: Multilingue (Francese, Inglese, Tedesco)4.8