The Art of Botanical Illustration: An Illustrated History
- ISBN-10
- 0486272656
- ISBN-13
- 9780486272658
- Series
- The Art of Botanical Illustration
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 304
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994-01-01
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Authors
- Wilfrid Blunt, William Thomas Stearn
Description
This beautiful book surveys the evolution of botanical illustration from the crude scratchings of paleolithic man down to the highly scientific work of the 20th-century. 186 magnificent examples, over 30 in full color.
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Other editions
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- 1989
- 191 pages
- Paperback
- Wellfleet
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