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Great flower books, 1700-1900 : a bibliographical record of two centuries of finely-illustrated flower books / by Sacheverell Sitwell and Wilfrid Blunt ; the bibliography edited by Patrick M. Synge and compiled by W.T. Stearn, Sabine Wilson, and Handasyde Buchanan ; with a foreword by S. Dillon Ripley.

Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection QK45 .S55 1990
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-1988
Blunt, Wilfrid, 1901-1987, Author.
Contributor:
Synge, Patrick M., Editor.
Stearn, William T. (William Thomas), 1911-2001, Compiler.
Wilson, Sabine., Compiler.
Buchanan, Handasyde., Compiler.
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001, Author of introduction, etc.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Botany--Bibliography.
Botany.
Flowers--Bibliography.
Flowers.
Botanical illustration--Bibliography.
Botanical illustration.
Flowers in art--Bibliography.
Flowers in art.
Illustrated books--History--18th century--Bibliography.
Illustrated books.
Illustrated books--History--19th century--Bibliography.
Botanical literature--History.
Botanical literature.
Botanical illustration--History.
Botanical artists--History.
Botanical artists.
Genre:
bibliographies.
Bibliographies.
History.
Physical Description:
xi, 189 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Edition:
[New ed.].
Place of Publication:
New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, ©1990.
Notes:
Originally published in Great Britain in 1956 by William Collins.
Includes index.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Garrison fund bookplate.
Other Format:
Online version: Sitwell, Sacheverell, 1897-1988. Great flower books, 1700-1900.
ISBN:
0871132842
9780871132840
OCLC:
19321759

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