Search Results: Botanical Illustration from Carnegie Hill Books

Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 1981. First American edition. Folio. 224 pp; many color plates & b/w illustrations; references; index. Cloth with dj. Small tears along top of dj, masking tape repairs to inside of dustjacket, else VG/VG. Details the development of the science of botany, world explorations resulting in the discovery of many new species, and the work of Ehret, Redoute, Catesby, Besler, Durer, da Vinci, and many other great artists from Medieval times into the 20th century.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Leipzig: Insel Verlag c.1934. Small octavo, 79 pp; 16 "shear-cuts" (silhouettes) by the author. Gothic German text. Decorated paper covered boards. VG. Book number 426. Rough translation = The meadow book with 16 shear cuts by the author. Island Books No. 426.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1934. Small octavo. 74 pp; high contrast b/w illustrations for the identification of trees, each listed tree has descriptive text, a silhouette of the tree and a plate of leaf and fruit details. Text in gothic German. Paper covered boards with inked titles, spine sunned, pages sl yellow. VG-. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Washington, DC: Privately published, 1938. Limited edition of 2500 copies. Quarto. 275 pp; illustrated in color and b&w; index. Cloth in slipcase, both in near fine condition. An important reference work.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. First printing. Quarto. xi, 189 pp; 50 full-page color plates; comprehensive bibliography; appendix to the new edition; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good+.

NY: Abbeville Press, 1979. Quarto. 156 pp; illustrated with 73 color engravings by the masters of botanical art. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979. First edition. Quarto. 207 pp; 61 pages of color illustrations of 61 orchid genera; extensive illustrated glossary describes more than 200 terms; index. Green cloth with dj. VG/VG.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1993. Orig. published 1937. Octavo. 111 pp; 27 watercolor plates by Graham Rust. Cloth with dj. Near fine/Near fine. In 1937 Vita "chose 25 of her favorite flowers and described their appearance, origins, characteristics, and the best ways to grow them in a series of brilliantly expressive essays, illustrated with b/w photographs." In this edition, Graham Rust, a highly regarded muralist and botanical illustrator, has created watercolors to match her words.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.