Author: Japan Branch of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botanical illustration
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Author: Lindley LibraryTreasures of the Royal Horticultural Society
Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Lindley Library of The Royal Horticultural Society has a unique collection of some eighteen thousand drawings and paintings by eminent botanical artists of all periods up to the present day. This book contains a selection of the rarest and most beautiful: flowers, fruit, fungi and other plants from all over the world, by such masters as G. D. Ehret, John and William Curtis, Ferdinand Bauer, William Hooker, W. H. Fitch, Augusta Withers, Margaret Stones, Mary Grierson. Many have not been published before, all are reproduced from the artists' original work rather than from subsequent engravings. Brent Elliott, the distinguished scholar and writer who is the Society's Librarian and Archivist, introduces the book with a history of the collection - and thus the history of botanical art. Each plate is accompanied by a description of its origin and artistic accomplishment and a botanical and horticultural account of the plant itself. This is a book for all who love flowers, and all who appreciate the exquisite beauty and accuracy of great botanical art.
Author: Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)
Author: Brent Elliott
Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)
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Author: Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain)Directory of Rare Book and Special Collections in the UK and Republic of Ireland
Author: Karen AttarPublisher: Facet Publishing
ISBN: 1783300167
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 609
Book Description
This directory is a handy on-volume discovery tool that will allow readers to locate rare book and special collections in the British Isles. Fully updated since the second edition was published in 1997. this comprehensive and up-to-date guide encompasses collections held in libraries, archives, museums and private hands. The Directory: Provides a national overview of rare book and special collections for those interested in seeing quickly and easily what a library holds Directs researchers to the libraries most relevant for their research Assists libraries considering acquiring new special collections to assess the value of such collections beyond the institution,showing how they fit into a ‘unique and distinctive’ model. Each entry in the Directory provides background information on the library and its purpose, full contact details, the quantity of early printed books, information about particular subject and language strengths, information about unique works and important acquisitions, descriptions of named special collections and deposited collections. Readership: Researchers, academic liaison librarians and library managers.
