The Art Of Botanical Illustration

Blunt, W. and Stern, W
1951 (2nd Edition). Collins , London, England

The New Naturalist Edition by Collins is really a survey of British Natural History. This now compact and more approachable edition provides" a comprehensive, critical and well illustrated survey of the portrayal of plants over more than 3000 years" remaining the classical work on botanical illustration for over half a century.

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Specifications

Author Blunt, W. and Stern, W
Publisher Collins
Place Published London, England
Year Published 1951 (2nd Edition)
Date of First Edition
or Edition Notes
1950
Size 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm
Chapters XXIV
Pages 304pp

Condition Report

Cover Hardcover in green cloth in fair condition with a firm spine but significant scoring original the spine and both boards from past insect contact and no dust wrapper present.
Overall Text and all black and white and colour plates in very good condition with a small round prior owner stamp on title-page as well as the same owner's artistic black and white bookplate on front pastedown with a tiny sticker from a prior bookdealer adhered below it. age tanning as expected but there is no foxing of any pages with 47 colour plates and 32 black and white plates in very good condition.