Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference

Botanical Illustration: The Essential ReferenceComprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations, this stunning compendium of black and white and color images begins with medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts from the early days of printing. In addition to images from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the collection features highlights from such seventeenth century classics as Gerard's Herbal, Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, and Crispin van de Pass' Hortus Floridus.

of immense interest to lovers of Victorian architecture

In-depth explorations of the derivative

this quality separates the scientifically accurate from the artistically accurate

Reprint of The Taunton Press

kite craft

books on flutes

suitable as a text for the beginning student as well as pleasant and informative reading for the mature mathematician

the seventeenth-century architect who introduced Palladianism to England

the principles governing the balance of forces on machines and structures are extremely straightforward

Kantorovich and others

books on ibooks

the role of Northern merchants in financing the slave trade during the 19th century