HOBHOUSE, Henry

Seeds of Change. Six Plants that Transformed Mankind

London, The Folio Society, 2007 (first thus).

Quarto, xxiv, 372 pages with 3 maps plus numerous pages of colour plates, and endpaper maps.

Quarter cloth and colour pictorial papered boards; a fine copy in the fine slipcase.

The six plants deemed most impactful by the author are Quinine, Tea, Sugar, Potato, Cotton and Coca.

Item #132466

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