02180nam a2200337 i 4500 OSt 20220821172335.0 220814t20212021enka grb 001 0 eng d 9781788841085 RM 252.00 hardback PPAK eng PPAK rda 743.73 23 743.73 BLU G Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901-1987, author. THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION / WILFRID BLUNT and WILLIAM T. STEARN. Revised edition, 2021. Woodbridge, Suffolk, England : ACC Art Books Ltd., 2021. ©2021 359 pages : colour and black and white illustrations ; 28 cm text rdacontent still image rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Originally published: London : Collins, 1950. Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-343) and index. "This major work, first published in 1950, is still considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a comprehensive, critical and well-illustrated survey of the portrayal of plants across over three thousand years, at a more compact size. Of the first edition, the poet and gardening writer, Vita Sackville-West said: "Let no one think this is a book only for the specialist. It is essential for the specialist, certainly, but it is also for all the flower-lovers and all those who enjoy the by- ways of biography and the added attraction of good writing". This edition contains 126 colour plates (more than twice as many as the first edition), alongside 140 black-and-white illustrations. It invites the reader to appreciate the works of the greatest botanical illustrators both past and present"--Publisher's description. Botanical illustration History. Flowers in art. Stearn, William T. (William Thomas), 1911-2001, author. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, host institution. ddc B 188749 188749 0 1 PPAK R 2022-08-22 0 R 743.73 BLU A01744922 2022-08-22 00:00:00 B