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A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration by H. Walter Lack; TASCHEN (Editor)
Category: Gardening
In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical tradition and talents with a selection of outstanding works fro ...Show more
A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration by H. Walter Lack; TASCHEN (Editor)
Category: Biography
In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical tradition and talents with a selection of outstanding works fro ...Show more
A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration. 40th Ed by H. Walter Lack
Category: Gardening | Series: 40th Edition Ser.
In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical tradition and talents with a selection of outstanding works fro ...Show more
Alexander von Humboldt and the Botanical Exploration of the Americas by H. Walter Lack
Category: Literature
Now available in a new edition, this gorgeously illustrated book showcases botanical masterpieces by Alexander van Humboldt, one of history's great scientists and explorers. Recording Alexander von Humboldt's historic expedition to the Americas and Cuba--hailed by many as the "scientific discovery o ...Show more
Florilegium Imperiale by H. Walter Lack
Category: Fiction
Francis I of Austria was the last monarch to rule over the Holy Roman Empire, and the imperial gardens remains one of Vienna's most beloved treasures. In 1791, he commissioned Matthias Schmutzer to paint portraits of every flower in his garden - a project that took more than three decades to complete. U ...Show more
Garden of Eden Masterpieces by H. Walter Lack
Category: Gardening Landscape Plants
The long tradition of botanical illustration finds its tribute in this new book, whose publication coincides with the exhibition of botanical illustration at the National Library of Vienna. TASCHEN has chosen 100 works from the library's extensive archives to be reproduced in this masterpiece of botanic ...Show more
Martius, Book of Palms by H.Walter Lack
Category: Home and Garden
The king of palms. This is Martius' magnificent work on the varieties of palm tree. On 15 December 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves. Thes ...Show more
Martius. the Book of Palms. 40th Ed by H. Walter Lack
Category: Home and Garden
On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves. The fronds were a reference to his groundbreaking Natural History of Palms: ...Show more
Martius: The Book of Palms by Dr H Walter Lack (Botanical Garden and Museum, Berlin)
Category: Home and Garden
Trees of Paradise All known genera of the palm family in 240 exquisite illustrations On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh pal ...Show more
Redoute. Roses by H. Walter Lack
Category: Gardening
The revered tradition of botanical illustration dates back to the Renaissance. It emerged from the desire to catalog nature in its unpredictable splendor, and the process demanded the most precise and talented of artists.With a remarkable skill that captured the most intricate subjects in nature, Pierre ...Show more
Redoute. Selection of the Most Beautiful Flowers by H. Walter Lack
Category: Art and Design
He was known as the 'Raphael of flowers' and rightly so: Pierre-Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) devoted himself exclusively to the task of capturing the diversity of the flowering plants in naturalistic watercolor paintings. He worked in Paris as a botanical illustrator for rich and influential patrons for n ...Show more
Redouté. The Book of Flowers by H. Walter Lack
Category: Home and Garden
Floral MasterpiecesThe finest floral treasures of Pierre-Joseph Redout French flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redout (1759-1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descript ...Show more