John Fielding e Nicholas Turland, Flowers of Crete, Ed. Royal Botanic Gardens, 2005

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he largest island in the Greek archipelago, Crete’s enchanting landscapes range from rugged mountains to desert-like areas, coastal plains and ancient olive groves. Its extraordinary geological and climatic history has resulted in great plant diversity, with prehistoric links to Europe, Asia and North Africa. This celebration of an exceptionally rich, yet threatened, flora contains:

• more than 1900 colour photographs of over 800 plants and their habitats;
• chapters on geography, geology, cimate, vegetation, crops, ethnobotany and conservation;
• a unique picture guide to plants for the Mediterranean gardener;
• a checklist of endemic plants, with many illustrated in colour for the first time;
• a comprehensive bibliography.
  

United by their love for the island’s plants, Brian Mathew (former editor of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine), gardener and photographer John Fielding and botanist Nicholas Turland have produced a sumptuous authoritative book. Tourists, botanists and gardeners interested in the Mediterranean flora will delight in this essential guide to the Flowers of Crete.

Prima Edizione, pubblicata dai Royal Botanic Gardens nel 2005, a copertina rigida in tela azzurra, con titoli argentati al dorso; rilegata a filo; stampata su carta semi-lucida di buona qualità e con ampie marginature al testo; corredata da numerosissime fotografie a colori anche a tutta pagina; dotata di sovracoperta lucida fotografica a colori e segnalibro in seta gialla.

Come Nuovo [il volume non mostra danni strutturali, strappi, segni, mancanze o usure gravi che vadano evidenziate; legatura snodata e robusta; copertine rigide pressoché intatte; sovracoperta in ottimo stato, con minimi segni di vissuto e leggerissime opacità da sfregamento; coste ancora luminose; ingiallimento delle pagine ridottissimo].