Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration / by Gill Saunders.
Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration / by Gill Saunders.
Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration / by Gill Saunders.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1995.
Date
1995.
Call Numbers
TQ067378
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
152 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Contents
Herbals -- Florilegia and Pattern Books -- New Discoveries -- The Botanical Treatise: Botanical Illustration and Plant Taxonomy -- Horticultural Illustration -- Floras and Field Guides -- The Real Thing: Herbaria, Nature Prints, Photographs.
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1995.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
1995.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This beautifully illustrated book will explore the purpose and function of the whole range of botanical art, from early woodcut herbals and painted florilegia, botanical treatises and records of new discoveries, to gardening manuals, seed catalogues and field guides for the amateur enthusiast. Drawing on a superb archive of material in the Victoria...
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Full title
Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration / by Gill Saunders.
Portion of title
Plants.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149) and index.
Transferred from NQ581.0222/2.
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Call Numbers
TQ067378
Record Identifier
74VM50dxMqzd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM50dxMqzd
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ISBN
0520203062
9780520203068
DDC
581.0222
MMS ID
991003789539702626
