Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference

by Carol Belanger Grafton

Comprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations, this stunning compendium of black-and-white and color images begins with medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts from the early days of printing. In addition to images from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the collection features highlights from such seventeenth-century classics as Gerard's Herbal, Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, and Crispin van de Pass' Hortus...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486799859
• ISBN13: 9780486799858
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.2" x 10.9"