Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature
Hardcover
2004 · New York
by Armstrong, Carol and Catherine de Zegher (editors)
New York: The Drawing Center (in assoc. w/ Princeton University Press), 2004. Hardcover. VG / VG (Both boards and DJ show light shelf/edgewear; interior is clean; binding is solid.). BW pictorial paper over boards; Brown cloth at spine; BW pictorial dj. with blue lettering; Approx. 300 pp.; 300 color plates. Examines mid-nineteenth-century botanical art, especially that of Anna Atkins and her contemporaries, such as Dawson Turner, John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Julia Margaret Cameron, and others; Includes several essays and is wonderfully illustrated; A must for any fan of this genre. (Inventory #: 193600)