Harter, J. (ed.)

The plant kingdom compendium

Bonanza Books, New York, 1988.1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 051765883X.Fine/V.g. Scarcely used.In English.2.0 kg.

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Book number: 32137

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Haskell, F., McBurney, H., Freedberg, D., Solinas, F. & Napoleone, C.

Il museo cartaceo di Cassiano dal Pozzo: Cassiano naturalista

Olivetti, 1989.1st edition.Paper covers.V.g./No Jacket.Catalogue ('quaderni') in anticipation of a major research project, this publication gives a taster of the vast collection of natural history drawings in the Royal Collections.106 pp. some loosely inserted correspondence with William T.Stearn (who has made a note on the rear f.e.p.with plant identifications).106 pp. In English & Italian.1 kg.

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Book number: 11761

Catalogue: Botanical Art

Hayden, Ruth

Mrs Delany: her life and her flowers

British Museum Press, 1986.Reprint of 1980 edition (with minor amendments).Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 071418022X.Fine/Fine.An informative biography of a remarkable embroiderer and flower artist who, in her 70s, embarked on a project to produce flower collages using cut paper.176 pp. copiously illustrated with full-page colour photographs and monochrome text figures.In English.1.0 kg.

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Book number: 34365

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Hayden, R.

Mrs Delany: her life and her flowers

British Museum Press, 1992.2nd edition (with minor amendments).Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 0714116321.V.g./V.g. An informative biography of a remarkable embroiderer and flower artist who, in her 70s, embarked on a project to produce flower collages using cut paper.A friend of the Duchess of Portland and an irrepressible letter-writer, her acute observations of the social scene and of her friends (who included Handel and Swift) painted an accurate picture of polite society in the 18th century.192 pp. copiously illustrated with full-page colour photographs and monochrome text figures.Includes an appendix listing the botanical names of the collages and their provenance. In English.1.0 kg.

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Book number: 42291

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Hellyer, A.G.L.

Encyclopedia of plant portraits

Collingridge, 1956.3rd impression of 1953 first edition.Hard covers.V.g./No Jacket.A collection of monochrome photographs. In English.1 kg.

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Book number: 15264

Catalogue: Botanical Art

Herklots, G.

Flowering tropical climbers

Dawson, 1976.1st edition.Publisher's grey cloth, gilt title on spine.ISBN: 0712906800.V.g./No Jacket.Bookplate of K.G.Lazenby.Cover with a small area of fading. In English.1.0 kg.

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Book number: 31824

Catalogue: Botanical Art

Keywords: 0712906800

Hewson, H.

Australia: 300 years of botanical illustration

CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, 1999.1st edition.Hard covers in slip case.ISBN: 1851493344.Fine/V.g.(slip case).Limited edition of 375 copies, of which this is no.34.Scarcely used; slip case lightly marked. In English.1.0 kg.

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Book number: 38653

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Hooker, W.J.

Hooker's finest fruits: a selecetion of paintings of fruits by William Hooker (1779=1832).

The Herbert Press, 1989.1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 1871569052.Fine/Fine .Introduction by W.T.Stearn; captions by F.A.Roach. In English.1 kg.

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Book number: 26924

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Hooker, W.J.

Hooker's finest fruits: a selecetion of paintings of fruits by William Hooker (1779=1832).

The Herbert Press, 1989.1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 1871569052.Good/Good.Introduction by W.T.Stearn; captions by F.A.Roach.Ex-library copy with traces of labels.Jacket in plastic cover. In English.1 kg.

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Book number: 31017

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Horwood, A.R.

Wild flowers in their natural haunts (6 v.)

Gresham, 1919.Hard covers.V.g./No Jackets.With attractive illustrations. In English.4 kg.

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Book number: 25476

Catalogue: Botanical Art

Hulme, F.E.

Familiar wild flowers (21 loose parts)

Cassell, 1897.Popular Edition.Paper wrappers.Good/No Jacket.21 original loose parts, as issued by the publisher for binding.200 col.plates. In English.1 kg.

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Book number: 12636

Catalogue: Botanical Art

Hulton, Paul, Smith, Lawrence

Flowers in art from east and west

British Museum Publications, 1979.1st edition.Paper covers.ISBN: 0714100994.Fine/Fine.The book is well illustrated with both colour and monochrome photographs, and covers all forms of art except oil paintings.The authors examine the three main motives for painting flowers: scientific curiosity, delight in decoration, and a desire to express artistic ideals.The chapter on 'Art and Botany' is particularly informative.Paul Hutton was Deputy Keeper of the dept.of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum; Lawrence Smith was Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at the same institution.x, 150 pp. In English.1 kg.

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Book number: 16244

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Hulton, Paul, Smith, Lawrence

Flowers in art from east and west

British Museum Publications, 1979.1st edition.Paper covers.ISBN: 0714100994.Good/No Jacket.The book is well illustrated with both colour and monochrome photographs, and covers all forms of art except oil paintings.The authors examine the three main motives for painting flowers: scientific curiosity, delight in decoration, and a desire to express artistic ideals.The chapter on 'Art and Botany' is particularly informative.Paul Hutton was Deputy Keeper of the dept.of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum; Lawrence Smith was Keeper of Oriental Antiquities at the same institution.x, 150 pp. In English.1 kg.

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Book number: 18354

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Hulton, Paul, Smith, Lawrence

Flowers in art from east and west

British Museum Publications, 1979.1st edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 0714100986.Fine/Fine.Owner's bookplate.In English.1 kg.

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Book number: 26926

Catalogue: Botanical Art

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Hulton, P. & Smith, L.

Flowers in art from east and west

British Museum Publications, 1979.1st edition.Paper covers.ISBN: 0714100994.V.g./No Jacket.Little used. In English.1.0 kg.

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Book number: 32134

Catalogue: Botanical Art

Keywords: 0714100994