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Plant: Exploring the Botanical World

Plant: Exploring the Botanical World

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300 of the loveliest botanical images ever collated

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The ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images ever taken. Hand-picked by a huge panel of experts, the result is a book that spans 3,000 years, covering a multitude of subjects through a variety of media. As well as vibrant photography there are watercolours, prints, micrographs and drawings, all demonstrating our continual and collective obsession with documenting the botanical world. Phaidon are renowned for their visually stunning books, but this one sets a new bar. If they're into plants, this is as good as gifts get.

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At A Glance

  • 300 botanical images span 3,000 years
  • Watercolours, prints and micrographs inside
  • A serious gift for gardeners and art lovers
  • Full colour, hardback, 352 pages

SPECIFICATIONS

Title: Plant: Exploring the Botanical World
Author: Martyn Rix and Dr James Compton
Publisher: Phaidon
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: September 2016
Pages: 352
Illustrations: 300
Dimensions: H 290 × W 250 mm
Language: English

MORE DETAIL

Following in the footsteps of the international bestseller Map, Exploring the World, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plants. It combines photographs and cutting-edge micrograph scans with watercolours, drawings, and prints to bring this universally popular and captivating subject vividly to life.

Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities, this stunning compilation of botanically themed images includes iconic work by celebrated artists, photographers, scientists, and botanical illustrators, as well as rare and previously unpublished images.

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