Kress, W.J. and Sherwood, S. The Art of Plant Evolution. 1st. Ed. Pub. RBG Kew. 2009
pp.320 with colour illustrations throughout. 4to. Six tiny spots to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback in fine dw. Out-of-print.
Art meets science in this book that aims to give readers a sense of some contemporary scientific discoveries that are changing our understanding of plant relationships. One hundred and thirty six botanical paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, by 84 artists, cover 50 orders of plants in 118 families, and a total of 133 species, provide a sweeping overview of the evolution of plants on earth.
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