Garver, T.H. Flora. Contemporary Artists and the World of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Univ. of Washington Press. 1995 pp.76 with col. illus. 4to. Fine softback.
A catalogue for an exhibition of late twentieth century American flower painting.
£12.00 [ref: 66308]

Gell, Paul and King, Ronald. Flowers from a Painter’s Garden. The watercolours of Paul Gell.
1st. Ed. Pub. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1983 pp.68 with col. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in nr. fine dw. Title page signed by Paul Gell.
A collection of distinctive and decorative watercolours of the author’s garden flowers with accompanying botanical and historical notes. Paul Gell (1918-1996) was a painter of figurative and still life subjects, as well as some fine abstracts in the 1950s. He painted initially in oils, then favoured acrylic as the medium became popular in the 1960s and 1970s, and finally devoted much of his later work to the painting of flowers in watercolour.
£22.50 [ref: 68855]

Germishuizen, G. (et al). Flowering Plants of Africa. A magazine containing colour plates with descriptions of flowering plants of Africa and neighbouring islands. Volume 60.
1st. Ed. Pub. South African National Biodiversity Inst. 2007 pp.iii, 139 with 20 col. plates, dist. maps & figs. Small 4to. Fine softback.
The stated objective of ‘The Flowering Plants of Africa’ ‘is to convey to the reader the beauty and variety of form of the African flora and to stimulate an interest in the study, conservation and cultivation of African plants and to advance the science of Botany as well as botanical art’. It is styled in on the format of Curtis’s ‘Botanical Magazine’ that is still being produced at RBG, Kew.
£20.00 [ref: 68597]

Gooding, J. Wildflowers in Art. Artists Impressions of Western Australian Wildflowers 1699-1991.
1st. Ed. Pub. Art Gallery of Western Australia. 1991 pp.96 with col. illus. throughout. Small 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. From the library of Prof. Grenville (Gren) Lucas OBE, much loved botanist and conservationist. Signed and dated by the artist to title page. Also, loosely inserted are two postcards featuring artwork by Margaret Preston, an exhibition leaflet supporting the launch of the book and a gift card inscribed ’To Gren and Shirley with thanks for your kind hospitality’.
Published by the Art Gallery of Western Australia to coincide with an exhibition of botanical artworks that span a 300 year period of Western Australian history.
£30.00 [ref: 66793]

Gooding, Mel., (et al). Joseph Banks’ Florilegium. Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thames & Hudson. 2017 pp.320 with 181 fine colour and b/w. illus. Folio. Minor bumping to extremities o/w. a fine hardback with wraparound printed strip (loosely inserted at rear to protect it). The preferred folio edition - the work was later reprinted in a smaller format. Also loosely inserted is Alecto’s advert advising interested people on how they could purchase an individual Alecto print.
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world from 1768 to 1771. He collected over 1,300 plant species and on his return commissioned over 700 superlative engravings known collectively as Banks' Florilegium. Never published in his lifetime, it was only in 1990 that a complete set in colour was issued under the direction of the British Museum. It is from these prints that the present selection is made.
£80.00 [ref: 68848]

Gooding, Mel., (et al). Joseph Banks’ Florilegium. Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thames & Hudson. 2017 pp.320 with 181 fine colour and b/w. illus. Folio. Fine hardback. The preferred folio edition - the work was later reprinted in a smaller format. Loosely inserted is Alecto’s advert advising interested people on how they could purchase an individual Alecto print.
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world from 1768 to 1771. He collected over 1,300 plant species and on his return commissioned over 700 superlative engravings known collectively as Banks' Florilegium. Never published in his lifetime, it was only in 1990 that a complete set in colour was issued under the direction of the British Museum. It is from these prints that the present selection is made.
£80.00 [ref: 72252]

Gordon-Craig Gallery. Fine Botanical Paintings. Contemporary Botanical Works from the Gordon-Craig Gallery. Summer 2000.
1st. Ed. Pub. Gordon-Craig Publications. 2000 pp.104 with colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback.
A collection of botanical paintings by thirty-six contemporary botanical illustrators.
£10.00 [ref: 68627]

Grasset, E. Plants and Their Application to Ornament. A Nineteenth-Century Design Primer.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Chronicle Books. 2008 pp.104 with col. illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback.
This reproduction of ‘Plants and Their Application to Ornament’, first published in 1897, presents each of twenty-four different flowering plants in three arts-and-crafts-style colour plates. A realistic botanical illustration is followed by two stylized plates detailing the plant motif's application to various decorative patterns and household objects.
£90.00 [ref: 66832]

Grierson, M. & Green, P.S. A Hawaiian Florilegium. Botanical Portraits from Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii. 1996 pp.x, 102 with fine colour illus. throughout. Large 4to. Fine hardback in fine hardback.
With his general introduction to the flora of Hawaii and then individually, for each painting, botanist Peter Green narrates the interaction of plants and people - through the ethnobotany and legends of the early Hawaiians, the taxonomic research of botanists past and present, and the history that brought such an amazing mix of species to the Islands. Wonderful illustrations by Mary Grierson.
£75.00 [ref: 68867]

Grierson, M. (illus.); Brickell, C. (text) & Stearn, C. (intro). An English Florilegium. Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, Herbs. The Tradescant Legacy.
1st. Ed. Pub. Thames and Hudson. 1987 pp.240 with 52 colour plates depicting 150 plants. Folio. A little minor spotting to fore-edges of text block o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
William Stearn introduces this work with an absorbing account of the John Tradescants, the remarkable father and son gardeners and plant hunters. In artwork commissioned for this book, Mary Grierson illustrates 150 of the plants that the Tradescants knew, grew and in some cases, introduced to 17th Century England. Christopher Brickell supports this with extensive notes describing the plates and setting the plants in their botanical and horticultural context.
£32.50 [ref: 71430]