Buy this book on-line

SWAN, CLAUDIA: : THE CLUTIUS BOTANICAL WATERCOLOURS: PLANTS AND FLOWERS OF THE RENAISSANCE

US.NY.HARRY N. ABRAMS,INC.,PUBLISHERS,1998.

ISBN 0810940957.

UK,slim Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE-.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj with black+brown lettering to front,black lettering to spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present, excepting for a 1cm closed tear on front,lower edge of dw/dj and a tiny snick to top front corner which has occasioned some minor rubbing. Top front+rear corners minimally rubbed.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain sage green cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip,a gold/gilt coloured headband and immaculate leaf silhouette illustrated endpapers.US,Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-143pp [paginated] includes acknowledgements, chapter/ intro - 'A Garden of Images: Theodorus Clutius's Painted Herbarium',a plate list/table,a note on the selection, 124 double-sided pages with full colour botanical watercolour illustration each side (142 plates,the last 16 by Elias Verhulst(?),some contemporary historical b/w illustration reproductions in accompanying essay text,a select bibliography at rear.The Plates are divided into 3 sections: (a) The Pleasure Garden,(b) The Kitchen Garden and (c) In The Wild covering in particular; (a) flowering plants,trees and shrubs,(b) fruits and fruit-bearing trees, vegetables,herbs and spices and (c) water and waterside plants,grasses,weeds, fern,fungi,mosses and lichens respectively,8 colour botanical plates by Elias Verhulst(?). Plus [unpaginated] half-title with full-colour botanical illustration frntis to reverse,title page,and colour botanical illustrated double-page contents list/table. 'The Clutius Botanical Watercolours: Plants and Flowers of the Renaissance.' presents a deluxe portfolio of rare and precious botanical art. Painted in Holland in the late 16thC by an unknown hand or hands,these magnificent images were collected by the pharmacist Theodorus Clutius,to be used as reference works for both artists and doctors.Much admired and copied in their own day,they later travelled to Berlin and for a time after World War II were thought to be lost.They have never before been published in this format or extent.For lovers of botanical art these exquisite and unique works are therefore a remarkable discovery: rivaling the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and Albrecht Durer in beauty and accuracy,they represent that dramatic time when brilliant artistic expression matched groundbreaking scientific inquiry: the era we call the Renaissance. Prof. Claudia Swan has studied these remarkable works in the collection of the Jagiellon University Library in Krakow,Poland,and made a selection of 142 watercolours for the present volume from some 1,800 picture.Her accompanying essay sets the watercolours in the context of both the art and science of the period.Each flower,plant,tree,and herb is reproduced in colour and with meticulous care - nearly all as full-page plates - and most are easily recognizable by today's gardener,from the delicate,sinous sweetpea to the luscious cherry; from wild waterlilies,with a tiny frog nestled among them,to the homely sage,thyme,and rosemary. Claudia Swan is an assistant professor of art history at Northwestern University.She has worked for many years in the field of Renaissance studies,with a concentration on fine arts and the history of science. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

US,slim Folio HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.