Butler, Patricia

Irish Botanical Illustrators & Flower Painters

Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 2000. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine, tan and white dust jacket with color illustrations, color illustrated end pages, 143 pp, richly illustrated throughout in mostly color. "Botanical illustration and flower painting are perhaps two of the most skilled and captivating forms of expression in the history of art and Irish artists have excelled in these fields. The author presents a general survey of the subject from an Irish standpoint, covering the period from 1729 to the end of the twentieth century and defining the styles and techniques of the individual artists. Considerable original research into both public and private collections has led to fascinating new insights into two hundred years of art history in which flower painters and botanical artists. past and present, have made a unique contribution. Throughout the book the author charts the triumphs, the solid achievements, the successes and failures in a series of concise biographies of over seventy artists ranging from the relatively unknown to the widely acclaimed. There is also a chapter on the work of professional and amateur Irish botanical artists working abroad in Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Jamaica and Burma. A short appendix relates how the original botanical drawing is translated into a variety of attractive print forms. There is currently a great revival of interest in botanical illustration and flower painting and this book is the first to chronicle the extensive and important Irish contribution to the two genres. It makes available for the first time to a wider public the work of Irish botanical illustrators and flower painters." --Publisher description. VG+/VG (light scuffing to dust jacket) .

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Book number: 178485

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Irish Botanicals, Flowers in Art ; ;

Darwin, Erasmus

The Poetical Works of Erasmus Darwin, Containing the Botanic Garden, in Two Parts; and the Temple of Nature with Philosophical Notes and Plates. Volume II. Containing the Loves of the Plants

London, J. Johnson, 1806. Softcover. Missing front and rear covers; marble illustrated end papers, bw illustrated frontispiece, XVI (2), 282 pp, color and bw illustrations. Volume 2 only of a 3 volume set, this being The loves of the plants. Good (missing covers, handwritten library number on title page verso, pages have expected light age toning but are otherwise clean and clear, all plates are present, bright and clean) .

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Book number: 191865

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Poetry; Natural History Art; Botany ; ;

Fontaine, William Morris and I.C. White

The Permian or Upper Carboniferous Flora of West Virginia and S.W. Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, PA, Board of Commissioners for The Second Geological Survey, 1880. Hardcover. Bound in 3/4 black leather and red marble boards; gilt lettering on spine; color tinted text block; marble end papers; bw map frontispiece; ix, 143, 4, followed by xxxviii double paged plates. Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania: Report of Progress. VG- (bumping and light wear to boards, soiling to rear end pages, text and plates are otherwise clean.) .

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Book number: 182682

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Paleobotany ; ;

Millais, John Guille and John Everett Millais

A Breath from the Veldt

London, Hnery Sotheran and Co, 1895. Hardcover. Oversized tan cloth boards with brown illustrations and lettering; X, 236 pp, bw illustrated title page, 13 electro etchings, 12 full page bw illustrations and profuse bw illustrations throughout the text. Illustrations by the author and forntispiece by J.E. Millais. Includes a list of the electro etchings, full page plates, and all the bw illustrations in the text. Good- (soiling and shelfwear to portfolio covers, spine heavily torn, chipping and age toning along many page edges, name handwritten on title half page,pages are otherwise fairly clean) .

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Book number: 191814

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Zoology, Hunting, Africa ; ;

Millais, John Guille

Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids. Second Series

London/ New York/ Toronto/ Bombay/ Calcutta/ Madras, Longmans, Green and Co, 1924. 266/550. Hardcover. Oversized burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine; color illustrated frontispiece with protective guardsheet; xii, 263 pp; plates throughout in bw and color. Printed in edition of 550 copies, this being number 266. With 17 coloured plates by Miss Beatrice Parsons, Miss Winifred Walker and Miss Lilian Snelling; 14 collotype plates, and numerous illustrations from photographs. VG- (shelfwear and scuffing to boards; foxing to block, light age toning. Binding is tight and plates are clean. Color plates are bright and clear.) .

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Book number: 187614

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Rhododendrons ; ;

Millais, John Guille

Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids. Second Series

London/ New York/ Toronto/ Bombay/ Calcutta/ Madras, Longmans, Green and Co, 1924. 471/550. Hardcover. Oversized burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine; color illustrated frontispiece with protective guardsheet; xii, 263 pp; plates throughout in bw and color. Printed in edition of 550 copies, this being number 471. With 17 coloured plates by Miss Beatrice Parsons, Miss Winifred Walker and Miss Lilian Snelling; 14 collotype plates, and numerous illustrations from photographs. VG- (shelfwear and scuffing to boards; foxing to block, light age toning. Binding is tight and plates are clean. Color plates are bright and clear.) .

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Book number: 187616

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Rhododendrons ; ;

Newman, Eric P.

Nature Printing on Colonial and Continental Currency

[Colorado Springs], American Numismatic Association, 1964. Paperback. Light blue wraps with black lettering; 34 pp; richly illustrated in bw; ex-library with sticker and markings. At head of title: Newly discovered Franklin Invention. Reprint from The Numismatist. Good(Ex-library sticker on cover; covers are faded and show shelfwear and foxing; inside cover has library marking; pages are age-toned and foxed, but clean; binding is solid) .

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Book number: 192051

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Nature Prints ; ;

Nobre, Augusto

Vertebrados (Mamiferos, Reptis E Peixes)

Barcelos [Portugal], [Minho], 1935. Paperback. Light blue wraps with black lettering; LXXXIV, 574 pp. (pages are uncut and untrimmed); richly illustrated. Text in Portuguese. This publication is first in a series of seven, concerning Portuguese marine fauna. This book was written by the zoologist Augusto Pereira Nobre. It is richly illustrated. There are several early photographs of the area. Good - (Front cover is detached and chipping on the corners and edges; back cover is chipped and detatched at the top; a small amount of spine strip is peeling at the top and chipped at the bottom; wraps are sunned/discolored; text block is cracked; pages are clean, but lightly age-toned; text block edges are foxed and lightly age-toned.) .

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Book number: 192568

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art ; Marine Fauna ; ;

Olina, Giovanni Pietro

Uccelliera, Overo, Discorso Della Natura E Proprieta Di Diversi Uccelli, Two Volume Set

Firenze, Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2000. Hardcover. Olive green cloth boards with inlaid color illustrations and gilt stamped lettering. Olive green cloth covered hardshell slipcase. 216, 129 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Reproduction of the original version from 1622. Text in Italian. VG/VG/VG- light scuffing and wear to slipcase.

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Book number: 172412

Catalogue: Natural History Art

Keywords: Natural History Art, Birds ; Birds ; ;