Ein Garten Eden = Garden of Eden = Un jardin d'Eden : Meisterwerke der botanischen Illustration = masterpieces of botanical illustration = chefs-d'œuvre de l'illustration botanique /
Lack, H. Walter
Ein Garten Eden = Garden of Eden = Un jardin d'Eden : Meisterwerke der botanischen Illustration = masterpieces of botanical illustration = chefs-d'œuvre de l'illustration botanique / H. Walter Lack. - London : Taschen, 2008. - 576 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm.
Published to accompany an exhibition from the collections of the Austrian National Library.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The long tradition of botanical illustration finds its tribute in this new book, whose publication coincides with the exhibition of botanical illustration at the National Library of Vienna. TASCHEN has chosen 100 works from the library's extensive archives to be reproduced in this masterpiece of botanical book illustration. Beginning with 6th-century Byzantine manuscripts, it traces the tradition right up through recent publications of the 20th century.
German text with parallel English and French translations.
9783836503044
Botanical illustration
Flowers in art
Plants in art
Ein Garten Eden = Garden of Eden = Un jardin d'Eden : Meisterwerke der botanischen Illustration = masterpieces of botanical illustration = chefs-d'œuvre de l'illustration botanique / H. Walter Lack. - London : Taschen, 2008. - 576 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 33 cm.
Published to accompany an exhibition from the collections of the Austrian National Library.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The long tradition of botanical illustration finds its tribute in this new book, whose publication coincides with the exhibition of botanical illustration at the National Library of Vienna. TASCHEN has chosen 100 works from the library's extensive archives to be reproduced in this masterpiece of botanical book illustration. Beginning with 6th-century Byzantine manuscripts, it traces the tradition right up through recent publications of the 20th century.
German text with parallel English and French translations.
9783836503044
Botanical illustration
Flowers in art
Plants in art