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Genre/Form: | Biography History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Gill Saunders |
ISBN: | 0520203062 9780520203068 0302006524 9780302006528 |
OCLC Number: | 33194209 |
Description: | 152 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
Responsibility: | by Gill Saunders. |
Abstract:
A beautifully illustrated book exploring the purpose and function of a 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 fo
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"A fascinating inside look. . . . The book is definitely worth reading, if only for the illustrations alone, but Saunders' text points out the subtleties of representation."--Anne M. Hancher, "Hort Science Read more...
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