Barnard, George. Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing. Illustrated by numerous examples of Trees, Shrubs, Climbing, Meadow, and Water Plants. With explanations shewing the best method of acquring the characteristic touch for each.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ingram, Cooke & Co. 1853 pp.viii, 125 with 60 b/w. plates. 8vo. Hardback. Presentation copy. Contents loose [collated, complete and easily usable], with some foxing, o/w. thor. vg. Original gilt decorated cloth boards in vg. condition.
A charming guide, with background information on the natural history of the subjects in question, e.g. the Oak, and detailed hints for the illustration of trees, shrubs etc.
£30.00 [ref: 62009]

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Blunt, W. & W.T. Stearn. The Art of Botanical Illustration.
Rep. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 1995 pp.368 with 125 coloured plates and many text figs. A thoroughly vg. copy in similar dustwrapper. Out-of-print.
£50.00 [ref: 43666]

Brenan, J.P.M. et al. A Vision of Eden. The Life and Works of Marianne North.
Pub. Webb & Bower. 1980 pp.240 with reproductions of her work in colour throughout the volume. Fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.
£9.00 [ref: 28788]

Brown, A. Flower Paintings from the Apothecaries’ Garden. Contemporary Botanical Illustrations from Chelsea Physic Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Antique Collectors’ Club. 2005 pp.135 with colour plates throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Small address label to front cover of dw.
Contains 56 colour reproductions of paintings, each one by a different artist. The plants depicted range from small alpines to magnificent trees and from food plants to those which yield life-saving drugs.
£40.00 [ref: 58142]

Clapham, A.R. et al. Flora of the British Isles Illustrations. Parts I to IV.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1957-65 Four volume set. 4to. Neat inscription to ffep., of Part 1. Minor spotting to top of text blocks, o/w., all fine hardbacks in thor. vg. to fine dws.
Companion volumes to the ‘Flora of the British Isles’, with the arrangement of species following the order in the Flora. Drawn by Sybil J. Roles from fresh specimens to give an impression of the living plant.
£40.00 [ref: 58756]

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Coats, Alice M. The Book of Flowers. Four Centuries of Flower Illustration.
Phaidon, 1973. Pp.208 with 126 illustrations, including 40 in colour. Folio. Very good, in stained slipcase.
£15.00 [ref: 21856]

Coats, Alice M. The Treasury of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Phaidon Press Ltd. 1975 pp.30 plus 118 full page colour and b/w. plates. Thor. vg. hdbk. in vg. dw.
The object of this book is to bring to light some of the forgotten treasures of the small sized flower book, considering works like Curtis’s Botanical Magazine.
£15.00 [ref: 27457]

Cribb, P. The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun.
1st. Ed. Pub. Grove Press. 1992 pp.159 with many fine colour plates. Small folio. Fine hardback in fine dw.
A fascinating selection of the Alexandre Brun’s paintings of orchids made over a century ago.
£30.00 [ref: 55693]

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]

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]