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Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566) was a founding father of modern botany, honored to this day in the vivid flower, and corresponding color, Fuchsia. In 1543, Fuchs combined his masterful botanical knowledge with groundbreaking medical research in his New Herbal, a catalog of some 500 types of plants and...

A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, the Hortus Eystettensis is in a class of its own when it comes to the range of flowers engraved.

First published in 1613, the 367 copperplate engravings by Basilius Besler (1561-1629) capture the...

The scientific and artistic excellence of the Album Vilmorin

The French company Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie arose in the 18th century from the collaboration of Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin--a grain and plant merchant and connoisseur--and his father-in-law, Pierre Andrieux, Botanist to the King. The...

The complete reprint of all color plates from Robert John Thornton's monumental work "The Temple of Flora," first published in London in 1799, is presented as 35 loose-leaf Elephant folio-sized color prints along with a booklet including an introduction and the original texts of the 31 botanical...

Pierre-Joseph Redout (1759-1840) was forever in high demand. Official court draftsman to Queen Marie Antoinette (who purportedly summoned him at midnight to paint a cactus), and later a favorite of Jos phine Bonaparte, the artist brought flowers to the highest of places, and offset the chaotic...

An art book for food lovers: Mouthwatering illustrations of 19th century French garden vegetables The French company Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie arose in the 18th century from the collaboration between Philippe Victoire de Vilmorin--a grain and plant merchant and connoisseur--and his father-in-law...

Originally published between 1850 and 1895, Album Vilmorin: Les Plantes potag res (The Vegetable Garden) brought garden glory to the printed page. Featuring 46 magnificent color plates, the book was a marvel of agro-botanic iconography and a triumph for its publishers, the illustrious Vilmorin...

P re fondateur de la botanique moderne, Leonhart Fuchs (1501-1566) est encore aujourd'hui dans toutes les m moires gr ce au fuchsia, la fleur clatante et la couleur qui lui correspond. En 1543, il compila ses remarquables connaissances en botanique et des recherches m dicales r volutionnaires dans...

A magnificent pictorial document of the flowers grown in the greatest German garden of its time, the Hortus Eystettensis is in a class of its own when it comes to the range of flowers engraved. First published in 1613, the 367 copperplate engravings by Basilius Besler (1561-1629) capture the...

Flower power: A stunning achievement in botanical illustration More than two centuries have passed since the publication of Robert John Thornton's The Temple of Flora in 1799, but its charm remains unsullied. Although trained as a medical doctor, Thornton (c. 1768-1837) passionately devoted himself...