Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference

Botanical Illustration: The Essential ReferenceComprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations, this stunning compendium of black and white and color images begins with medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts from the early days of printing. In addition to images from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the collection features highlights from such seventeenth century classics as Gerard's Herbal, Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, and Crispin van de Pass' Hortus Floridus.

leading up to conics and quadrics developed within the context of metrical

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This rare collection of 126 "builder portraits" of American locomotives offers an exciting cavalcade of images that chronicle the momentous rise of steam locomotive power in America

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