The art of Botanical Illustration

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"First published in 1950 by Collins, London . ... Revised edition by William T. Stearn published in 1994 by the Antique Collectors' Club. This edition published in 2015"--Title page verso.
"ACC Art Books in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew."
1. The botanical artist -- 2. The legacy of antiquity -- 3. The rebirth of naturalism -- 4. The first printed herbals -- 5. The herbals of Brunfels and Fuchs -- 6. The decline of the woodcut -- 7. Some flower painters of the late sixteenth century -- 8. The early etchers and metal engravers -- 9. Rabel, Robert and Aubriet -- 10. Holland: the flower-piece and the Dutch influence -- 11. Some botanical books of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- 12. The age of Ehret -- 13. West and East -- 14. The age of Redouté -- 15. The botanical magazine -- 16. Kilburn, Sowerby and Syndenham Edwards -- 17. Francis and Ferdinand Bauer -- 18. Thornton and the temple of flora -- 19. England in the early nineteenth century -- 20. Walter Fitch: the age of the lithograph -- 21. John Ruskin: a digression -- 22. The second half of the nineteenth century -- 23. The twentieth century -- 24. Epilogue: five hundred years of botanical illustration.

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Interesting submitted by zoe.dvh on June 16, 2018, 2:32pm The visuals are great. Good book for someone interested in botany and or illustration, as the title suggests. Highly recommend.