Elick, Don. & Booth, Raymond. Japonica Magnifica.
1st. Ed. Pub. Alan Sutton . 1992 pp.144 with 64 colour plates. Folio. Signature. Nr. fine hardbackm in nr. fine dw., gently sunned. Unusually, thos copy comes with the Publisher’s, folio size, illustrated flyer loosely inserted at rear.
This book was published to celebrate the beauty of Japanese flowers and plants through the original botanical paintings and drawings of English artist and horticulturist Raymond Booth. Botanist Don Elick provided many of the specimens for Booth, who grew them in his garden in Yorkshire, in order to study and draw them from life. Each plant portrait is true to scale and remarkably accurate.
£100.00 [ref: 65022]
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Elliott, Brent. Treasures of The Royal Horticultural Society. 350 Years of Botanical Illustration.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Herbert Press. 1994 pp.158 with colour illus. 4to. Fine hardback. in fine dw. with very gently sunned spine.
The Lindley Library of the R.H.S has a unique collection of 18,000 drawings and paintings by eminent botanical artists of all periods up to the present day. These include such artists as Ehret, John & William Curtis, Bauer, Hooker, Fitch, Withers, Stones & Grierson and a selection of their works are reproduced herein.
£10.00 [ref: 66824]
Fairman, E.R. (Ed.). Of Green Leaf, Bird and Flower. Artists’ Books and the Natural World.
1st. Ed. Pub. Yale Univ. Press. 2014 pp.247 with colour and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Fine hardback.
Highlighting an enduring interest in natural history from the 16th century to the present, this gorgeous book explores depictions of the natural world, from centuries-old manuscripts to contemporary artists' books. Beautifully illustrated, Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower itself is designed to evoke a fieldwork notebook, and features a collection pocket and ribbon markers.
£30.00 [ref: 66294]
Fisher, C. The Golden Age of Flowers. Botanical Illustration in the Age of Discovery 1600 - 1800.
1st. Ed. Pub. The British Library. 2011 pp.144 with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out of print.
In this beautifully illustrated new book, Celia Fisher has selected over 100 of the most beautiful flower images from the 17th and 18th centuries. The flowers are arranged in alphabetical order, and the text that accompanies them outlines their origin, the derivation of their name and the properties for which they were most valued.
£20.00 [ref: 66780]
Fisher, Celia. Peonies & Pomegranates. Botanic Illustrations from Asia.
1st. Ed. Pub. The British Library. 2018 pp.200 with col. illus. throughout. 8vo. Fine hardback in fine dw. Out of print.
Many of the flowers and fruits growing in our gardens and greenhouses today were brought to the West by collectors or traders. ‘Peonies and Pomegranates’ describes the origins of these plants, with quotations from the people of Asia who first appreciated, cultivated and wrote about them. Almost all the illustrations are by Asian and Middle Eastern artists. Describes over seventy plants that originated in Asia and the Middle East.
£5.00 [ref: 66351]
Fisher, J. Mr. Marshal’s Flower Album. From the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gollancz. 1985 pp.128 with over 120 plants illus. in colour. 4to. Fine hardback in vg. dw.
The exquisite flower album featured in this work was created in the mid-seventeenth century by Alexander Marshal. He became renowned as one of the earliest water-colourists and over 120 plants and flowers (newly discovered, common and wild) he illustrated within the album are reproduced herein.
£8.00 [ref: 57290]
Fisher, J. Mr. Marshal’s Flower Album. from the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gollancz. 1985 pp.128 with over 120 plants illus. in colour. 4to. Fine hdbk., in near fine dw.
The exquisite flower album featured in this work was created in the mid-seventeenth century by Alexander Marshal. He became renowned as one of the earliest water-colourists and over 120 plants and flowers (newly discovered, common and wild) he illustrated within the album are reproduced herein.
£10.00 [ref: 53765]
Foshay, E.M. Art in Bloom.
1st. Ed. Pub. Phaidon. 1990 pp.80 with colour illus. Royal 4to. A fine hdbk. in fine dw.
Complementing over 40 superb reproductions of paintings in oil and watercolour, the text explores the history of flowers in art.
£10.00 [ref: 49445]
Franklin, R. A Coming of Age. Celebrating 18 Years of Botanical Painting by the Eden Project Florilegium Society.
1st. Ed. Pub. Two Rivers Press. 2018 pp.vi, 113 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback.
The Eden Florilegium Society was founded in 2000 to record plants in Cornwall and those held at The Eden Project in particular. There are over 140 paintings in the archives donated by 31 different artists, many of whom exhibit nationally and internationally and hold RHS Gold medals for their work.
£10.00 [ref: 66271]
Friedewald, B. A Butterfly Journey. Maria Sibylla Merian, Artist and Scientist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Prestel. 2015 pp.143 with col. and b/w. illus. Small 8vo. Fine hardback.
A woman ahead of her time, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) was an intrepid explorer, naturalist and scholar, as well as a magnificent artist. This beautifully produced book tells Merian's incredible life story alongside colourful reproductions of her engravings and watercolours of the butterflies she encountered during her lifetime in Germany and the Netherlands and her seminal trip to the Dutch colony of Surinam.
£5.00 [ref: 66350]