Author: Graham, Ada and Frank Graham, Jr.,
Title: Kate Furbish and the Flora of Maine.
Description: Gardiner, ME, Tilbury House, (1995). 1st ptg. VG lg sz PB. Text and cover design by Edith Allard, botanical illustration by Kate Furbish. A blend of illustration and narrative presents. the work and life of a unique 19th century woman of vision and courage plus a fascinating glimpse of Maine's natural landscape a century ago. Acquaints a wide audience for the first time with the life and watercolors of a remarkable 19th century artist and botanist who dedicate her life to collecting, classifying, and recording in sketches and watercolors the flora of Maine, through farms, woods, and isolated vilages of the Maine landscape of the last century, and read in her own words and see thru her exquisite paintings and field sketches her interpretation of the flowering world into which she ventured alone.

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