The Book of Flowers: Four Centuries of Flower Illustration

Description:

1st edition. A richly illustrated history of botanical and flower illustration from the late fifteenth to the mid-nineteenth century, tracing its development from early medicinal herbals to the exquisite botanical portraits of the great eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists. Includes reproductions of important illustrations from rare botanical works, demonstrating the evolution of both scientific accuracy and artistic technique. Among the artists represented are Georg Dionysius Ehret, Claude Aubriet and Pierre-Joseph Redouté.

Condition

Fo., orig. cloth. Vg in d/w.