An Oak Spring Flora: Flower Illustration from the Fifteenth Century to the Present Time: A Selection of the Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Wo

by Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi

This is the latest volume in a major series that describes selections of the rare books, manuscripts, and other works of art held at Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Rachel Lambert Mellon. The 111 items chosen for this volume on floral illustration since the later Middle Ages include Books of Hours, still-life and vanitas paintings, botanical prints, and books of instruction of every kind, from planting a garden to making flowers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300071396
• ISBN13: 9780300071399
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 5.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 10.0" x 11.6"