Leith-Ross, Prudence. The Florilegium of Alexander Marshall. in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Winsor Castle.
1st. Ed. Pub. Royal Collection. 2000 pp.viii, 384 with 160 colour plates of exquisite watercolours. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This exceptional work of art in its own right, it is all the more remarkable as it is the only surviving example of a flower book painted by an English artist in the seventeenth century. Depicts more than 600 different plants, both native and exotic, together with metriculous studies of insects, birds and animals
£100.00 [ref: 65013]
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Lewis, J. Walter Hood Fitch. A Celebration.
1st. Ed. Pub. HMSO & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 1992 pp.viii, 34, plus 73 full page colour plates. 4to. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
This first book to be written on Walter Hood Fitch, celebrates his remarkable achievements and marks his long association with one of the world’s most famous botanical gardens.
£7.50 [ref: 62776]
Lewis, Jan. Walter Hood Fitch: A Celebration.
Pub. HMSO. 1992. pp.73 with portraits and numerous colour reproductions of Fitch’s paintings. A vg. copy in same dw.
£7.50 [ref: 44195]
Lewis, Jan. Walter Hood Fitch: A Celebration.
Pub. HMSO. 1992. pp.73 with portraits and numerous colour reproductions of Fitch’s paintings. A vg. copy in part faded dustwrapper.
£7.50 [ref: 44962]
Lis, M. & Vingtrinier, B. Flowers in the Louvre.
Pub. Musee du Louvre. 2009 pp.79 with col. illus.throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback.
A critical selection of forty artworks with a botanical theme chosen from the Louvre’s collection.
£7.50 [ref: 66809]
Littger, K.W. & Dressendorfer, W. The Garden at Eichstatt. The Book of Plants by Basilius Besler.
1st. Ed. Pub. Taschen. 2000 pp.463 with 367 full-colour plates, plus colour photos., and illus. Small folio. Four very minor marks to edges of text block, o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw. A stunning work.
Prince Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (1593/95-1612) founded the garden at Eichstatt and within it grew a remarkable variety of rare plants including tulips, hyacinths and crown imperials. Based on this garden Basilius Besler (1561-1629) published the ‘Hortus Eystettensis’, or ‘the thorough and lively illustration of all its plants, flowers, trees...’. This new edition of that work presents all the plates in colour.
£75.00 [ref: 58126]
Mabberley, D. Arthur Harry Church. The Anatomy of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Merrell & The Natural History Museum. 2000 pp.128 with colour plates and b/w. photos., throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Out-of-print.
Arthur Harry Church’s botanical art is very highly regarded and he produced his greatest pieces for his unfinished publication ‘Types of Floral Mechanism’. Several volumes were planned in which he wanted to describe and illustrate the development and structure of 100 of what he considered to be, the best flowers. In the event, only one volume was published. This account by David Mabberley discusses Church’s work and presents, for the first time in many instances, a significant number of the unpublished illustrations. Fascinating.
£115.00 [ref: 65251]
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Mabey, Richard. The Flowering of Kew. 200 Years of Flower Paintings from the Royal Botanic Gardens.
1st. Ed. Pub. Century. 1988 pp.xvi, 208 with colour & b/w. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine hardback in thor. vg. dw.
Richard Mabey tells the story of the resident artists, explorer painters, inspired amateurs and official illustrators who have made Kew's collection renowned throughout the world.
£9.00 [ref: 55885]
Mallary, P. & Mallary, F. A Redoute Treasury. 468 Watercolours from Les Liliacees of Pierre-Joseph Redoute.
1st. Ed. Pub. J.M. Dent. 1986 pp. 228 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Splash mark to bottom of spine, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
Redoute’s contribution to botanical illustration is amply demonstrated within the pages of this book, confirming this artists’s reputation as the greatest of all botanical artists.
£18.00 [ref: 66829]