"The Architecture of Trees is a legendary botanical masterwork, presenting more than 550 exquisitely detailed quill-pen illustrations of 212 tree species, with and without foliage, and at a scale of 1:100. This landmark study, now in English for the first time, is a stunning reference for architects, designers, botanists, and all those fascinated by nature and trees."--Cover page 4.

Translation of: L'Architettura degli alberi. Bookmark, laid in, is printed with two rulers scaled to the drawings in the volume: 5 feet = 1.5 cm and 1 meter = 1.0 cm.

Introduction to the new edition / Andrea Cavani, Giulio Orsini -- Foreword / Laura Conti -- The origins of botanical illustration / Augusto Pirola -- The city, green space, and the architecture of trees / Franca Stagi -- Shade analysis -- Color analysis -- Summary of families, genera, and species illustrated in this book, their places of origin, and the era when they were first grown in Europe -- Gymnosperms -- Dicotyledonous angiosperms -- Monocotyledonous angiosperms -- Detail drawings -- Alphabetical index of families -- Era when each species was first grown in Europe -- Origin and etymology of the names of genera illustrated or mentioned in this book -- Meanings of the names of illustrated species -- Glossary of terms -- Alphabetical index of Latin names of genera and species illustrated or mentioned in this book -- Alphabetical index of common names of species.