A Garden Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustation
£25.00
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A stunning coffee table book, perfect for art lovers and those interested in botany. Drawn from the archives of the National Library of Vienna, the colour reproductions range from 6th-century manuscripts to 19th-century masterpieces, beautifully combining art and science in their celebration of the skill of botanical artists and the abundance of natural flora.
Dimensions
22cm (8in) x 16cm (6in)
Features
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A stunning coffee table book, perfect for art lovers and those interested in botany. Drawn from the archives of the National Library of Vienna, the colour reproductions range from 6th-century manuscripts to 19th-century masterpieces, beautifully combining art and science in their celebration of the skill of botanical artists and the abundance of natural flora.
Insights
H. Walter Lack is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective.
Details & Care
- Publisher: TASCHEN
- Hard cover
- Colour photography
- Number of pages: 512 pages
- ISBN: 9783836591911
- Multilingual edition
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