The Clutius Botanical Watercolors: Plants and Flowers of the Renaissance
by Swan, Claudia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NF/NF
- ISBN 10
- 0810940957
- ISBN 13
- 9780810940956
- Seller
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
NY: Harry N Abrams, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. NF/NF. 1st ed [NAP], Folio, olive cloth, 143 pages, 149 illustrations with 142 plates in full color, select bibliography. NEAR FINE book / NEAR FINE jacket: a few tiny spots to top page edge, otherwise nearly new. "A deluxe portfolio of rare and precious botanical art, painted in Holland in the late 16th century by an unknown hand, and collected by the pharmacist Theodorus Clutius for reference purposes ... never before published in this format or extent." The collection is housed in the Jagiellon University Library in Krakow, Poland. [from the jacket] A lovely book!
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- Bookseller
- Bygone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17593
- Title
- The Clutius Botanical Watercolors: Plants and Flowers of the Renaissance
- Author
- Swan, Claudia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NF
- Jacket Condition
- NF
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0810940957
- ISBN 13
- 9780810940956
- Publisher
- Harry N Abrams
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- BOTANICAL ILLUSTRATION, MEDICINAL PLANTS, WATERCOLOR PAINTING, RENAISSANCE PERIOD, THEDORUS CLUTIUS, NATURAL HISTORY, BOTANY, BIBLIOTEKA JAGIELLONSKA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening / Horticulture;
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