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Botanicals: Butterflies & Insects

Door Leslie Overstreet

Categorie
Insecten & Geleedpotigen
Boeknummer
#335993-WB7
Titel
Botanicals: Butterflies & Insects
Auteur
Overstreet, Leslie
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
New York, NY : Assouline Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2008
ISBN10
275940269X
ISBN13
9782759402694
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, decorative end papers, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations, 4to.
Samenvatting
In celebration of summer, Assouline evokes the beauty of the garden in a remarkable gift-volume. Including more than three centuries of drawings culled from the rare books library of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, each page in Botanicals explodes with rich colors and lifelike details. Exquisite flowers, delicate fruits, and exuberant butterflies are among the jewels of nature that come to life in this unique compendium. Featured are works by leading botanical artists, including Maria Sibylla Merian, a revolutionary female entomologist and natural historian of the seventeenth century; E. A. Seguy, whose art nouveau-era work serves as inspiration for many contemporary creative directors and designers; and Dr. Robert John Thornton, a British visionary renowned for his interest in b... (Lees verder)otany. Botanicals is extraordinary, a remarkable objet d'art in the spirit of the season.
Pagina's
300
Conditie
Goed — Slight foxing on cut, otherwise fine.
Prijs
€ 40,00

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