Golden age of botanical art / Martyn Rix.

  • Rix, Martyn.
Date:
2012
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About this work

Publication/Creation

London : Andre Deutsch, 2012.

Physical description

256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes

Published in association with Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255) and index.

Contents

The origins of botanical art -- Early works of the sixteenth century -- Seventeenth-century florilegia -- North American plants -- Travellers to the Levant -- The exploration of Russia and Japan -- Botany Bay and beyond -- The Golden Age in England -- South American adventures -- The Golden Age in France -- Botanical and horticultural illustrated journals -- Early Chinese plant drawings -- The Company School in India -- A new era at Kew -- Victorian travellers -- Bringing China to Europe -- The flowers of war and beyond -- Carrying on the tradition.

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    History of Medicine
    AQ.AL
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ISBN

  • 9780233003641
  • 0233003649