A beautiful history of gardening illustated throughout with watercolour paintings.
Softback. 184 pages. NEW.
A visual celebration of ten of the greatest natural history expeditions containing astonishing images three centuries of global exploration, from the library of the Natural History Museum, London.
Hardback. 336 pages. NEW.
This volume contains high quality reproductions of fifty-eight of the three hundred and nineteen copper engravings in the Chalcography Department of the Louvre, and is inspired by Dodart's 'Memoires pour servir a l'Histoire des plantes, published in 1676.
Hardback. 142 pages. NEW.
The eleven superbly illustrated essays here consider the role of images and their relationship to text in the production and transmission of knowledge. Examples include illustrated manuscripts and books on natural history, botany, horticulture, garden design, and medicine-some well known and some newly discovered-produced primarily in Italy, Spain, Germany, England and Holland.
Hardback. 278 pages. NEW.
An illustrated catalogue of the 123 colourful natural history drawings of the Raffles family collection, aquired by the British Library in 2007. Exquisite paintings depict the natural history of Malaysia through the eyes of artists working for a sofisticated client, they are both artistically beautiful and scientifically accurate. Never published before this book is from the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.
Paperback. 180 pages. NEW.
A stunning book of 250 full colour plant portraits in the tradition of the great botanical books of the past, a work of both art and science. The book is a baby-elephant folio with a slipcase and has been printed and bound to a very high standard. "With my photographs I try to transcend the medium and see the subject itself. My aim is to make the viewer forget he or she is looking at a photograph and begin a deeper journey into the botanical world. Just as some painters attempt to make their brushstrokes (hence their presence) invisable, I attempt to photograph my subjects with clarity and humility. The rseulting images seem to strike an inner chord and resonate with unexpected emotion."
Abbeville Press. Baby-Elephant Folio. Hardback with Slipcase. 356 pages, 250 photographs. NEW. Large heavy book, inquire about postage cost.
In this superb book Sarah Simblet illustrates the extraordinary diversity of flowers, trees, and other plants, inspiring the reader to draw them for themselves. Complemented by beautiful photographic plant portraits, the exquisite drawings illustrate the structure of roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. Drawing classes and pages from the author's sketchbooks guide you through the skills needed to draw plants successfully. Vivid examples of work from the Renaissance throught to modern times reveal how botanical artists have portrayed plants over the centuries.
Dorling Kindersley Publishers. Hardback. 256 pages. NEW.
