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The Art of the Garden: Collecting Antique Botanical Prints $50.68 An essential reference, this gorgeous book documents the magnificent botanical prints produced by notable artists of the 17th through the turn of the 20th centuries. Celebrated artists include Basil Besler, Maria Sybilla Merian, Mark Catesby, Georg Ehret, George Brookshaw, Robert John Thornton, Pierre Joseph Redout, and many others. Illustrated with over 300 full-color images of original and valua… |
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Merian’s Antique Botanical Prints (Dover Electronic Clip Art) (CD-ROM and Book) $16.95 From a beautiful 17th-century botanical publication — all 153 black-and-white images of insects and plants by an artist renowned for her scientific eye and precise detail. The engravings of roses, lilies, carnations, and other plants, as well as butterflies and insects, will be of use to graphic artists, craftspeople, students, and historians…. |
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Antique Botanical Prints on CD: 160 Printable Floral Illustrations $25.00 160 beautiful antique floral botanical illustrations in JPG format. These are scans of hand-colored botanical plates originally published in the late 1700s and early 1800s to introduce these exotic plants to England. Some are from copper-engravings and some are lithographs. Printable for cards & crafts, these are large enough to mat and frame as prints, lovely for your home or business. Great for … |
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Art of the Garden: Collecting Antique Botanical Prints $79.95 An essential reference, this gorgeous book documents the magnificent botanical prints produced by notable artists of the 17th through the turn of the 20th centuries. Celebrated artists include Basil Besler, Maria Sybilla Merian, Mark Catesby, Georg Ehert, George Brookshaw, Robert John Thornton, Pierre Joseph Redout, and many others. Illustrated with over 300 full-color images of original and valuable botanical prints, this book fills a void in the literature, as few good botanical references remain in print. The text recounts the fascinating lives and passions of the artists and their patrons, the technical advances in printmaking, and the history and cultural influences that shaped the depiction of flowers, plants, and trees. Also discussed are many variables affecting the values of original antique botanical prints including condition, rarity, historical significance, and aesthetic appeal. A range of prices is included to guide you in your collecting and a section on framing, displaying, and proper storage makes this an indispensable reference. A fascinating book for collectors of botanical prints, gardeners, and those interested in the history of flowers. |
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Leisure Hour Work for Ladies: Containing Instructions for Flower and Shell Work, Antique, Grecian and Theorem Painting, Botanical Specimens, Cone Work $11.75 Used – This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as pa |
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Leisure Hour Work for Ladies: Containing Instructions for Flower and Shell Work, Antique, Grecian and Theorem Painting, Botanical Specimens, Cone Work $11.75 New – This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as par |