Botanical Art Bibliography
See also this botanical art bibliography.
Author(s): Haeckel, Ernst
Publisher: Prestel, 1862
ISBN: 978-3791319902
Comments: Ernst Haeckel’s eye for the infinite variety, beauty, and symmetry of nature is evident in these incredible plates, originally released in 1862. The artist combines the rigor of a scientist and the eye of an artist in these captivating images of living things. Subjects are identfied. 139 pages.
Author(s): Loddiges, C.
Published: 1817
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Comments: This long-running periodical magazine contained many beautiful paintings of various flora.
The Golden Age of Botanical Art
Author(s): Rix, Martyn
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2012
ISBN: 978-0226093598
Comments: In the 17th century finding and classifying new species became a worldwide obsession shared by scientists, clergymen, industrialists, school children, and adventurers of all stripes. In the absence of practical photography, botanists relied on increasingly arcane botanical Latin and increasingly exquisite botanical art, as showcased in this volume. This large book consists of rare or unpublished drawings from the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. It is not a field guide, it is a book of exquisite art. 256 pages.
Nouveau dictionnaire encyclopédique universel illustré
Author(s): Trousset, Jules
Publisher: La Librairie Illustrée, 1885-1891
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Note: book cover sizes in the list below are shown relative to each other. The list is organized by primary author. Some out-of-copyright books are available free at the supplied links.