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Invitation to Attend: “The Earthly Paradise: Recent Botanical Acquisitions at McMaster University Library.”

  • 20 Apr 2023
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Online Via McMaster University Library Registration Link


 The Earthly Paradise: Recent Botanical Acquisitions  McMaster University Library

You are cordially invited to a free virtual lecture: 20 April 2023 at 12 pm EST / 9:00 am PST

Register using this link. Please feel free to share this invitation with other interested parties.  

The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw a dizzying proliferation of new European books on botany. Driven by interrelated sociopolitical, aesthetic, intellectual, and technological developments, the era was a golden age for sumptuous and lavishly illustrated tomes addressing every conceivable plant-related subject — pharmacology, taxonomy, horticulture, and sylviculture among them. In a heady environment rife with innovation, political and religious controversy, and outright plagiarism, creators and collectors collaborated and competed to take the study and appreciation of plants to new heights — and new audiences. 

In recent years, McMaster University Library has acquired several significant works in this tradition, including early editions of Gerard’s Herball, John Parkinson’s Theatrum Botanicum and Paradisi in Sole, Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Natural History, Castore Durante’s Herbario Nuovo, John Evelyn’s Sylva, and a scarce English translation of the Amsterdam Pharmacopoeia. 

Join Myron Groover, McMaster’s Archives and Rare Books Librarian, for an intimate look at these stunning artefacts and the contexts in which they were created. 

This lecture is hosted by McMaster University Library’s Archives Alive program in partnership with McMaster University Alumni.  


Archives Alive "The Earthly Paradise" Recent Botanical Acquisitions at McMaster University Library April 20 12:00 to 1:00 (online) Presented by Myron Groover Archives and Rare Books Librarian Alumni McMaster University.


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