Help Carlos Ostolaza Publish!
Carlos Ostolaza is likely the most influential author on Peruvian cactus. He’s written more than four books and dozens of articles on cactus, and has been involved in determining more than 50 cactus names!
I’ve just recorded an interview with Carlos for The Mescaline Garden podcast. Carlos told me he has two entirely completed books, ready for press. Sadly, it is beyond Carlos’ means to fund the printing.
Below Carlos has shared some details around these books, and a proposed deal for potential funders. Carlos is willing to share additional material from the book with people interested in assisting with publishing. If you think you can help, please get in touch.
Carlos is 86 years old and it would be a beautiful thing if we could help Carlos see these books in print in his lifetime. If you want an English translation, I would be more than willing to contribute to the project 🌵💚
Cactus y Suculentas en el Arte y la Literatura por Carlos Ostolaza.
Spanish language.
Size: 24.5 x 27.5 cm. hardcover, 212 pages full color with brief notes about the artist or writer and why they are included in the book.
Content: 35 painters and sculptors and 20 writers and poets including three Literature Nobel Prize winners.
An unusual view of cacti and other succulents with a more aesthetic than scientific and more literary than academic criteria.
The price for 1000 copies is around $14,000 (USD).
500 copies will be for the author, the other 500 copies for the investor.
Ilustradores Botánicos de Cactus y Suculentas por Carlos Ostolaza
Spanish language.
Size: 24.5 x 27.5 cm. hard cover, 250 pages full color with 132 cactus species and 113 other succulents described and drawn between.
XVI and XXI century ordered chronologically and clasified taxonomically with the people who made it possible in journals and books.
Research about these artists, sometimes ignored, that deserved to be known.
The price for 1000 copies is around $14,500 (USD).
500 copies will be for the author, the other 500 copies for the investor.