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Ravenswaay, Charles Van

Drawn from Nature; the Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons

1984

42,30 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1984
Lugar de impresión
Washington. Smithsonian Institution Press
Autor
Ravenswaay, Charles Van
Edición
First Edition.
Materia
Nature - Botany Color Plate & Fine Illus
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

4to [31 x 24 cm]; 357 pp, 95 color plates, many other illustrations including full-page, bibliog, index. original cloth, spine title lettering, dust jacket, very fine and clean, as new. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Prestele, Bavarian born, moved to Buffalo, New York, where he received commissions from Asa Gray, John Torrey and other leading botanist. His engravings and plates were also used by nurserymen as selling aids. He was one of America's first professional botanical artists. The author has painstakingly created this work, with excellent plates. Appendices include a glossary, checklist of plates for Gray's work, checklist of U. S. Army reports of western expeditions containing Prestele's illustrations, checklist of nurserymen's plates signed or attributed to him.