Herbarium Blackwellianum, Plate 109
Historical botanical works can be viewed in their entirety through the library's Digital Collections, including:
Herbarium Blackwellianum Botanic Garden Botanicon Parisiense Hortus Sanitatis in Natural History - Original Investigations
Marianne North At Kew Gardens
Drawn from Nature: the Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons
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"Of all the varied objects of creation there is, probably, no portion that affords so much gratification and delight to mankind as plants..."
- Elizabeth Twining, as quoted in Women of Flowers by Jack Kramer
The Illustration of Plants & Gardens 1500-1850
Garden Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration
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