Blunt, Wilfrid,   1901-1987, <br/><br/>
THE ART OF BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION /  
WILFRID BLUNT and WILLIAM T. STEARN.  
 - Revised edition, 2021. 
 - 359 pages :  colour and black and white illustrations ;  28 cm  
<br/><br/> Originally published: London : Collins, 1950.  
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-343) and index. 
<br/><br/> "This major work, first published in 1950, is still <br/>       considered the classic book on the subject. It provides a <br/>       comprehensive, critical and well-illustrated survey of the<br/>       portrayal of plants across over three thousand years, at a<br/>       more compact size. Of the first edition, the poet and <br/>       gardening writer, Vita Sackville-West said: "Let no one <br/>       think this is a book only for the specialist. It is <br/>       essential for the specialist, certainly, but it is also <br/>       for all the flower-lovers and all those who enjoy the by-<br/>       ways of biography and the added attraction of good <br/>       writing". This edition contains 126 colour plates (more <br/>       than twice as many as the first edition), alongside 140 <br/>       black-and-white illustrations. It invites the reader to <br/>       appreciate the works of the greatest botanical <br/>       illustrators both past and present"--Publisher's <br/>       description. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781788841085  RM 252.00 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Botanical illustration--History. <br/>Flowers in art. 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>743.73