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Comprising 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 Gerards Herbal; Beslers Hortus Eystettensis; and Crispin van de Pass Hortus Floridus. Latter-day selections include illustrations from major nineteenth-century works mdash; including the great flower prints of Pierre-Joseph Redouteacute; and hand-colored lithographs by many other artists of the period mdash; as well as the imaginative twentieth-century floral work in the Art Nouveau style of M. P. Verneuil; E. A. Seguy; and others.Detailed bibliographical information concerning every source and biographical information on the artists make this volume a vital reference tool as well as a splendid resource of significant and beautiful botanical illustrations. Students of graphic art and illustration as well as graphic designers; advertising professionals; and horticulturalists will prize this treasury of material from many rare historic sources.