About the Author

H. Walter Lack is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective. He is the author of TASCHEN’s Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms and Redouté. The Book of Flowers.

Reviews

The magic of his art still has an almost meditative effect today. A magnificent volume.
*Victoria Magazine*

One of the most gifted botanical artists in history.
*Victoria Magazine*