The splendid engravings in this historic book combine beautiful images of roses, butterflies, tulips, caterpillars, and other specimens of plant and insect life in elegant full-page compositions. Representing a notable achievement from a great age of floral painting and the engraver's art, they reach across the centuries to us with undiminished freshness and appeal, revealing the most delicate nuances of natural forms with a scientist's eye for precise detail. These fine works represent not only a high point in the history of botanical and zoological art but also an important advance in scientific knowledge as well. The artist, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), was one of the first observers to comprehend and record the metamorphoses of insects, most notably the emergence of the butterfly from its caterpillar and chrysalis phases. Her Erucarum Ortus, whose engravings were originally published in the years 1679-1717, was a substantial contribution to the science of entomology and helped lay the foundations for Charles Linnaeus's later work in the classification of plant and animal species. This edition combines all 154 original engravings from her three-volume work on the insects of Europe. Students and lovers of the natural sciences as well as those of the arts and crafts will find these dazzling works a rich source of information and delight. Graphic artists, textile designers, and others will find it a versatile and royalty-free design resource that will earn a treasured place on their library shelves.
Название: Plants: 2,400 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and Vegetables ISBN: 0486402649 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486402642 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 33050.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: This extraordinary collection of engravings provides designers and commercial artists with a magnificent sourcebook of Victorian-era plant images -- all royalty-free. Included are 2,400 crisply detailed illustrations of hundreds of plants -- from lilies, lichens, mushrooms and marigolds, to poppies, palms, maples, and mosses. Selected from rare publications dating from the 1840s to the turn of the century, the illustrations encompass a wide range of plant species and classifications: garden flowers, cactuses, bromeliads, ferns, deciduous trees, evergreens, grasses, legumes, orchids, nightshades, and many more. All are identified with Latin or common names and are arranged alphabetically by family. Also presented are specialized appendices on edible foods, medicinal herbs, and plants used in decoration and in graphic design, including borders and motifs. Created during a period when wood engraving had reached its zenith and become a greatly refined art, these splendid royalty-free illustrations will be an indispensable and inspirational resource for artists and craftspeople working in a variety of areas. The collection will also delight botanists, gardeners, and collectors of old engravings, all of whom are sure to treasure this tribute to the beauty and infinite variety of the plant kingdom.
Автор: Bartlett W. H. Название: Bartlett`s Classic Illustrations of America: All 121 Engravings from American Scenery, 1840 ISBN: 0486412210 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486412214 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 10710.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Superb, detailed views of Mount Vernon, Faneuil Hall in Boston, Niagara Falls, West Point, much more. All copyright-free.
Автор: Emanuel Название: Early Floral Engravings ISBN: 0486230384 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486230382 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 9060.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Sweerts's illustrations provide a guide to the flowering plants grown in European gardens in 1600 and offer a wealth of unusual copyright-free graphics.
Автор: Abraham Название: Floral Engravings for Artists and Craftspeople ISBN: 0486231178 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486231174 Издательство: Dover Цена: 9890.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Selection from 1696 Dutch botany featuring superb engravings of plants in settings often bizarre and surrealistic. 118 plates.
Название: Plants and Flowers: 1761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers ISBN: 0486269574 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486269573 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 24780.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This comprehensive archive offers authentically detailed, copyright-free illustrations of hundreds of plants and flowers from around the world. Ideal for graphic artists, designers, and others in the arts and crafts, it will also serve both serious and casual botanists as a convenient reference and key to identification of a broad range of botanical species. Each illustration has been carefully selected from botanical archives for its scientific accuracy, artistic style, and suitability for reproduction. The plants and flowers are grouped by kind, uses, and habitats into seventeen categories, among them aquatic plants, carnivorous plants, grasses, rushes and sedges, orchids, ornamental plants, plants of commerce, mushrooms, molds and lichens, ferns, mosses, trees, shrubs, weeds, wildflowers, and vines. For easy and accurate reference, both common and botanical Latin names are given for each species whenever possible. All names have been compiled into two convenient indexes. Alan E. Bessette, Professor of Biology at Utica College of Syracuse University, is a well-known naturalist, botanical photographer, and author of numerous books and field guides on botanical subjects. William K. Chapman, a biology teacher and member of the adjunct faculty at Utica College, is a well-known speaker and writer on the gathering of wild foods, and the author of field guides to plants and animals of the Adirondacks.
Автор: van de Pass Crispin Название: A Garden of Flowers: All 104 Engravings from the Hortus Floridus of 1614 ISBN: 0486423050 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780486423050 Издательство: Dover Рейтинг: Цена: 20640.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Hortus Floridus, a work by seventeenth-century engraver Crispin van de Pass, is generally regarded to be a masterpiece. Filled with more than 100 beautiful, full-page plates of floral favorites, the book has long been a source of delight for horticulturists. Dover's excellent reproduction in
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