Un libro recuperado

La importante revista National Geographic trae reportaje sobre un tesoro bibliográfico que se consideraba perdido. Se trata de Specimens of the Plants & Fruits of the Island of Cuba de Mrs. A.K. Wollstonecraft, un manuscrito en tres volúmenes con dibujos originales sobre la flora cubana realizados por su autora.

“I think the manuscript by Anne Wollstonecraft is of great importance,” says ethnobotanist Paul Cox, executive director of Brain Chemistry Labs in Jackson, Wyoming. “Although the plants that she profiles in her drawings and descriptions are generally common, the detailed notes she makes of indigenous uses add a whole new dimension to understanding their possible utility, and could be used today to guide researchers in discovering new pharmaceuticals.”