A passion for orchids : the most beautiful orchid portraits and their artists / Jack Kramer ; photography by Eric Strachan.
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TextPublication details: Munich ; New York : Prestel, ©2002.Description: 128 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN: - 3791326996
- 9783791326993
- QK495.O64 K69 2002
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| Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB409.3 .K72 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800186579 |
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| SB409.2 .T85 2005 Growing hardy orchids / | SB409.2 .T85 2005 Growing hardy orchids / | SB409.3 .I54 2018 Rankafu : orchid print album : masterpieces of Japanese woodblock prints of orchids = Rankafu / | SB409.3 .K72 2002 A passion for orchids : the most beautiful orchid portraits and their artists / | SB409.3 .O73 1982 The orchid observed : five centuries of botanical illustration : an exhibit of books from the collections of William K. Glikbarg and the Stanford University Libraries, November 15, 1982, through January 15, 1983. | SB409.3 .O73 1986 Orchids from Curtis's botanical magazine / | SB409.3 .P75 1992 The Illustrated encyclopedia of orchids / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-125) and index.
A passion for orchids -- Western origins -- The Far East -- And all the ships at sea -- England's passion for flowers -- Orchid hunting -- The orchid observed -- The first great flower books -- Botanical periodicals -- Gallery of orchids and biographical sketches of the artists -- Orchid publications -- Bibliography -- Exhibitions -- Printing techniques.
Collected by one of America's foremost orchid experts, this treasury of more than 60 antique orchid illustrations offers a cultural history of the flower as well as sublime reproductions by famous botanical artists.