Cronin, Leonard. Australian Flora.
Rev. Ed. Pub. Reed Books. 1997 pp.320 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Previous owner’s small label to front.
The preferred revised edition. A celebration of Australia’s plant life. Features more than 1,000 species from the delicate blooms of the alpine meadows to the rich wonderland of the tropical rainforests. Thorough descriptions are accompanied by accurate and beautiful paintings of every species.
£28.00 [ref: 71448]

de Bray, L. The Art of Botanical Illustration. A history of the classic illustrators and their achievements.
Rep. Pub. Eagle Editions. 2001 pp.191 with col. & bw. illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine softback with very gently sunned spine.
Lys de Bray, herself a noted flower painter, provides an informed, entertaining and revealing overview of the work of the greatest botanical illustrators of the various periods of history, linking their careers and achievements to the wonderful illustrations they created.
£7.50 [ref: 68606]

de Cuveland, Helga. Flora Exotica. Ein botanisches Prachtwerk von 1720 [A botanical masterpiece from 1720].
1st. Ed. Pub. Hatje Cantz. 1999 pp.201 with 61 fine col. plates and b/w. text illus. German text. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine.
Commissioned by Imperial Count Johann Georg Dernath, the painter Johann Gottfried Simula portrayed numerous ornamental and exotic plants from his estate gardens and orangery in Ostholstein in 1720.
£25.00 [ref: 68851]

de San Pio Aladren, M.P. (Ed.). Mutis. And the Royal Botanical Expedition of the Nuevo Reyno de Granada.
1st. Ed. Pub. Villegas Editores / Lunwerg Editores. 1992 Two vol. set with col. & b/w. illus. throughout both volumes. Small folio. Fine hardbacks in nr. fine slipcase.
The Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada took place between 1783 and 1816 in the territories of New Granada, covering present-day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Peru and northern Brazil and western Guyana. The expedition was headed by José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish priest, who was also a botanist, mathematician and teacher. Altogether Mutis led the expedition for over 25 years during which they explored some 8,000 km2. He developed a meticulous methodology that included harvesting of botanical samples in the field together with detailed descriptions, including data about the surrounding environment of each species and their medical or industrial uses.
£150.00 [ref: 67952]

de San Pio Aladren, M.P. and Sherwood, S. Old and New South American Botanical Art. The Mutis and Shirley Sherwood Collections.
1st. Ed. Pub. Real Jardin Botanico, Madrid. 2010 pp.175 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine softback.
The catalogue of an exhibition which juxtaposed sixty-two 18th Century drawings of South American botanical specimens with a similar number of contemporary works from the Shirley Sherwood collection.
£50.00 [ref: 67932]

Dean, Pauline. Portfolio of a Botanical Artist.
1st. Ed. Pub. Botanical Publishing. 2004 pp.157 with 56 full-page col. plates. Royal 4to. Gently sunned spine o/w. a fine hardback.
Pauline Dean is a well established RHS Gold Medal Botanical Artist, having had her work published in Curtis's Botanical Magazine and The New Plantsman, and included in the books Treasures of the RHS and Shirley Sherwood's Contemporary Botanical Artists. This book outlines how her Botanic Art career progressed, and includes 56 full page colour reproductions of some of her paintings
£10.00 [ref: 68588]

Dean, Pauline. Portfolio of a Botanical Artist.
Pub. Botanical Publishing. 2004 pp.157 with many colour illus. Royal 4to. A fine hdbk. in illus. boards.
£25.00 [ref: 49419]

DeLaurentis, D. and Holt, H.P. The Art of the Garden. Collecting Antique Botanical Prints.
1st. Ed. Pub. Schiffer Publishing. 2006 pp.288 with colour illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A guide to both the history and development of print-making and a useful reference guide to collecting botanical prints.
£60.00 [ref: 66276]

Desmond, Ray. Great Natural History Books and their Creators.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Library and Oak Knoll Press. 2003 pp.176 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A most useful reference book.
£9.00 [ref: 68633]

Donzel, C. The Book of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Flammarion. 1998 pp.221 with col. & b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gentle sunning to spine.
Traces the story of flowers as symbolic messengers at times of celebration and mourning, revealing the meanings of lilies, roses, tulips etc and their use from the Romans to Victorians. Donzel undertook extensive archival research to find rare paintings, documents and texts which illuminate the languge and symbolism of flowers through the ages. She interviewed major flower importers and florists in Europe and the USA to gain insight into their contemporary meanings and importance.
£15.00 [ref: 68846]