Great Flower Books 1700 - 1900
1990.
The Atlantic Monthly Press
, New York, United States
A superb and authoritative text with 51 exquisite full-page, full-colour illustrations, renowned as the most comprehensive illustrated guide to collectible color plate flower books ever published. It contains an incomparable selection of reproductions of botanical prints, revealing the true artistic and scientific scope of the Golden Age of Botanical Illustration.
$200.00
Specifications
| Author | Sitwell S. and Blunt W |
| Publisher | The Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Place Published | New York, United States |
| Year Published | 1990 |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1956 |
| Size | 4to - Quarto, 241mm x 305mm |
| Chapters | XI |
| Pages | 189pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in dark blue cloth covered boards and pale green front and rear pictorial dust wrapper both in excellent near fine condition, now protected by clear archival covering. |
| Overall | Text and all colour plates in excellent condition printed on glossy 106-pound Espel Matte paper with no prior owner annotations in the book. |