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THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION / WILFRID BLUNT and WILLIAM T. STEARN.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Woodbridge, Suffolk, England : ACC Art Books Ltd., 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: Revised edition, 2021Description: 359 pages : colour and black and white illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781788841085
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 743.73 23
Summary: "This major work, first published in 1950, is still considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a comprehensive, critical and well-illustrated survey of the portrayal of plants across over three thousand years, at a more compact size. Of the first edition, the poet and gardening writer, Vita Sackville-West said: "Let no one think this is a book only for the specialist. It is essential for the specialist, certainly, but it is also for all the flower-lovers and all those who enjoy the by- ways of biography and the added attraction of good writing". This edition contains 126 colour plates (more than twice as many as the first edition), alongside 140 black-and-white illustrations. It invites the reader to appreciate the works of the greatest botanical illustrators both past and present"--Publisher's description.
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Book Perpustakaan Alor Setar RFID Rujukan Dewasa R 743.73 BLU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan A01744922

Originally published: London : Collins, 1950.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-343) and index.

"This major work, first published in 1950, is still
considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a
comprehensive, critical and well-illustrated survey of the
portrayal of plants across over three thousand years, at a
more compact size. Of the first edition, the poet and
gardening writer, Vita Sackville-West said: "Let no one
think this is a book only for the specialist. It is
essential for the specialist, certainly, but it is also
for all the flower-lovers and all those who enjoy the by-
ways of biography and the added attraction of good
writing". This edition contains 126 colour plates (more
than twice as many as the first edition), alongside 140
black-and-white illustrations. It invites the reader to
appreciate the works of the greatest botanical
illustrators both past and present"--Publisher's
description.

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