Humphrey, S.J. Botanical Art. With Scientific Illustration.
1st. Ed. Pub. Crowood Press 2018 pp.174 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. Fine softback.
The author explains the techniques of the botanical artist and introduces ideas for scientific illustration, so that the illustrator has a fuller understanding when rendering the natural world.
£10.00 [ref: 68591]

James, M. and Saunders, C. Margaret Mee. Works on Paper : Books : Artefacts. From the Collection of Margaret and Greville Mee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Henry Sotheran. 2008 pp.49 with col. & b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback with a hint of sunning to spine. A wonderful item.
Henry Sotheran’s colour illustrated (with detailed descriptions and prices) catalogue which featured 64 items from the collection and property of Margaret and Greville Mees. A fascinating insight into the life of this extraordinary couple. Highlights include Mee’s gouache over pencil illustration of the Amazon moonflower in bloom and three medals e.g. her OBE.
£100.00 [ref: 68836]

James, M. and Saunders, C. Margaret Mee. Works on Paper : Books : Artefacts. From the Collection of Margaret and Greville Mee.
1st. Ed. Pub. Henry Sotheran. 2008 pp.49 with col. & b/w. illus. 4to. Fine softback. A wonderful item. Loosely inserted is the official invitation card to the opening of the exhibition on 6th. Oct. 2008.
Henry Sotheran’s colour illustrated (with detailed descriptions and prices) catalogue which featured 64 items from the collection and property of Margaret and Greville Mees. A fascinating insight into the life of this extraordinary couple. Highlights include Mee’s gouache over pencil illustration of the Amazon moonflower in bloom and three medals e.g. her OBE.
£100.00 [ref: 70801]

Jenkins, C. and Birch, H. New Ideas in Botanical Painting. Composition and Colour.
1st. Ed. Pub. Batsford. 2022 pp.128 with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback.
The first part of this book – Botanical: Grow – explores time well-spent in the garden and covers much of the traditional details of botanical painting, from observation to capturing light, colour and texture. The second part – Contemporary: Paint – explores how Carolyn works with photography, using the computer to help with composition. This practical guide contains all the techniques and practices you need to create beautiful botanical art, plus step-by-step photography, crop, composition and photoshop demonstrations, to bring luminous colours, textures and impact to your own work.
£10.00 [ref: 66789]

Juniper, B. & Grootenboer, H. The Tradescants’ Orchard. The Mystery of a Seventeenth-Century Painted Fruit Book.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bodleian Library. 2013 pp.120 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback.
These charming, vibrant, watercolour paintings of orchard fruits on the branch, popularly known as Tradescants' Orchard, is a precious and fragile relic of this era of broadening horticultural horizons. This manuscript, traditionally associated with the renowned plantsmen, the John Tradescants, was among the eclectic collections of Elias Ashmole (1617-1692), which came to form the basis of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. All sixty-six of the original illustrations are reproduced here in facsimile for the first time, following a general introduction which maps out the mystery of why and how these beguiling watercolours came to be commissioned and made.
£20.00 [ref: 66825]

Kibble, S. The Artist’s Daughter. A Fictionalised Memoir of Ellen Churchyard.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 2009 pp.231 withcol. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw., just very gently sunned to spine.
A fictionalised memoir telling the story of the Churchyard family and friends, illustrated with the many paintings and sketches made by her father, Thomas Churchyard.
£5.00 [ref: 70297]

King, B.S. Botanical Art Techniques. Painting and Drawing Flowers and Plants.
Pub. David and Charles. 2004 pp.127 with colour illus. throughout. A thor. vg. copy in card covers. Scarce.
This practical guide to botanical illustration is full of techniques, inspiration and advice that will help the reader create stunning life-like flowers and plants.
£50.00 [ref: 43665]

King, Christabel. The Kew Book of Botanical Illustration.
1st. Ed. Pub. Search Press. 2015 pp.128 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Christabel King has been doing illustrations for Kew for 40 years and is their foremost botanical artist. Here she explains both scientific botanical illustration and the looser botanical art, and covers materials, collecting and preserving plant specimens, drawing and painting techniques, magnification, using dividers, drawing from life, composition, light and shade and transferring drawings.
£18.00 [ref: 68841]

Kipp, K. (Ed.). The Best of Flower Painting. A celebration of more than 150 of today’s best floral paintings in all media.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cassell. 1997 pp.144 with colour illus. Royal 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
The paintings in this book are wonderfully diverse in medium and style, ranging from precise botanical studies, to spontaneous explosions of colour and light.
£8.00 [ref: 49459]

Kirby, S. (et al). Rankafu. Orchid Print Album. Masterpieces of Japanese woodblock prints of Orchids.
1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2018 pp.x, 289 with colour illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback.
Rankafu showcases for the first time an exceptional set of orchid woodblock prints from early 20th Century Japan. Considered masterworks of botanical art, the Rankafu prints are visually stunning and reproduced here in full colour, showcasing the fine details of this spectacular art form.
£17.50 [ref: 71660]