{"product_id":"nikolaus-joseph-jacquins-american-plants-9789004234109","title":"Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants","description":"\u003ci\u003eNikolaus Joseph Jacquin’s American Plants\u003c\/i\u003e offers a detailed account of the Austrian botanical expedition to the Caribbean that took place between 1754 and 1759, culminating in the publication of the \u003ci\u003eSelectarum stirpium americanarum historia\u003c\/i\u003e (1763) by the famous Dutch-born scientist, the first Linnaean botanist in the New World. Novel findings about Jacquin’s family and early life are given. Through a careful reading of Jacquin’s own publications, letters and manuscripts, Santiago Madriñán provides, from a botanist’s perspective, a meticulous description of the places visited by Jacquin and the plants he collected. The splendid color illustrations of the plants published in the luxury second edition of the \u003ci\u003eSelectarum\u003c\/i\u003e in 1780 are here reprinted, together with an annotated list of the species described.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis title was awarded the \u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.brill.com\/sites\/default\/files\/specific\/stafleu_medal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eStafleu Medal\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e for 2015 for publications of 2013 and 2014 for outstanding publications in historical, bibliographical, and\/or nomenclatural aspects of plant taxonomy.","brand":"Santiago Madriñán","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48435418300667,"sku":"9789004234109","price":207.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e668b25f-3fa3-467b-b241-684c40f03b18.jpg?v=1774786388","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/nikolaus-joseph-jacquins-american-plants-9789004234109","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}