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Art Forms in Nature (Picture Archives)

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by: Ernst Haeckel

September 23, 1974
I have owned this book for many years and it is still in my top three favourites for inspiration.The black and white drawings,mostly of microscopic marine life,are incredibly detailed and are absolutely beautiful,they will make you wish you were a marine biologist,or a science fiction film set and alien designer(probably).I would have them as wallpaper,but I may be in the minority on that one.If you are interested in art,marine biology or if,like me,you just like looking at pretty pictures,I truly believe you will love this book.

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The Book of Plants: The Complete Plates (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series)

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by: Basilius Besler, Klaus Walter Littger, Werner Dressendorfer

March 22, 2007
This is a wonderful book for those who love art and or those who love plants and gardening. Based on a 17th c german bishop's garden catalogued by the artist Besler many of the plants are still growing today. Divided into seasonal flower plates with a commentary section it makes for a pleasurable coffee table book or a work of reference. The hard back version is a bargain and the colours superb and antique looking and the size big but not too big to be unmanageable. I can't recommend this book high enough -it's a must for all who have artistic eyes or green fingers!

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Super Vision: A New View of Nature

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by: Ivan Amato

November 24, 2003
This is a wonderful book for those who love art and or those who love plants and gardening. Based on a 17th c german bishop's garden catalogued by the artist Besler many of the plants are still growing today. Divided into seasonal flower plates with a commentary section it makes for a pleasurable coffee table book or a work of reference. The hard back version is a bargain and the colours superb and antique looking and the size big but not too big to be unmanageable. I can't recommend this book high enough -it's a must for all who have artistic eyes or green fingers!

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The Art of Botanical Illustration

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by: Wilfrid Blunt, William T. Stearn

1994
This is a wonderful book for those who love art and or those who love plants and gardening. Based on a 17th c german bishop's garden catalogued by the artist Besler many of the plants are still growing today. Divided into seasonal flower plates with a commentary section it makes for a pleasurable coffee table book or a work of reference. The hard back version is a bargain and the colours superb and antique looking and the size big but not too big to be unmanageable. I can't recommend this book high enough -it's a must for all who have artistic eyes or green fingers!

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Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants: 73 Full-Color Plates from ""Hortus Eystettensis"", 1613 (Dover Pictorial Archives): 73 Full-Color Plates from "Hortus Eystettensis", 1613

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by: Basilius Besler

November 30, 2007
This is a wonderful book for those who love art and or those who love plants and gardening. Based on a 17th c german bishop's garden catalogued by the artist Besler many of the plants are still growing today. Divided into seasonal flower plates with a commentary section it makes for a pleasurable coffee table book or a work of reference. The hard back version is a bargain and the colours superb and antique looking and the size big but not too big to be unmanageable. I can't recommend this book high enough -it's a must for all who have artistic eyes or green fingers!

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Heck's Iconographic Encyclopedia of Sciences, Literature and Art: Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science v. 3 (Dover Pictorial Archive)

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from: Dover Publications Inc.

February 01, 2000
This is a wonderful book for those who love art and or those who love plants and gardening. Based on a 17th c german bishop's garden catalogued by the artist Besler many of the plants are still growing today. Divided into seasonal flower plates with a commentary section it makes for a pleasurable coffee table book or a work of reference. The hard back version is a bargain and the colours superb and antique looking and the size big but not too big to be unmanageable. I can't recommend this book high enough -it's a must for all who have artistic eyes or green fingers!

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A Passion For Plants: Contemporary Botanical Masterworks: Contemporary Botanical Masterworks from the Shirley Sherwood Collection

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by: Shirley Sherwood

April 12, 2001
'A Passion for Plants' is a beautifully presented book which appeals to both gardeners and artists. The botanical illustrations are far more informative and detailed than photographical plant portraits and coupled with the authors passion and knowledge truely make the book a must for any lover of plants and art.

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The Art of Botanical Illustration: An Illustrated History

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by: Wilfrid Blunt

1994-03
'A Passion for Plants' is a beautifully presented book which appeals to both gardeners and artists. The botanical illustrations are far more informative and detailed than photographical plant portraits and coupled with the authors passion and knowledge truely make the book a must for any lover of plants and art.

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Flower Paintings from the Apothecaries' Garden: Contemporary Botanical Illustrations from Chelsea Physic Garden

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by: Andrew Brown, Phillip Cribb, Gillian Barlow

July 10, 2005
'A Passion for Plants' is a beautifully presented book which appeals to both gardeners and artists. The botanical illustrations are far more informative and detailed than photographical plant portraits and coupled with the authors passion and knowledge truely make the book a must for any lover of plants and art.

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Scientific Illustration: A Guide to Biological, Zoological, and Medical Rendering Techniques, Design, Printing, and Display (Design & Graphic Design)

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by: Phyllis Wood

April 06, 1994
'A Passion for Plants' is a beautifully presented book which appeals to both gardeners and artists. The botanical illustrations are far more informative and detailed than photographical plant portraits and coupled with the authors passion and knowledge truely make the book a must for any lover of plants and art.