Franz Bauer was born in Austria in 1758, but lived and worked for 50 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he was employed by Sir Joseph Banks as resident draughtsman. A contemporary of Redoute, he is considered by many experts to be the greatest of all botanical artists. This book contains almost all Bauer's completed orchid paintings, including many enlargements of flowers. Each photograph is presented with a commentary by Joyce Stewart on the history and cultivation of the plant and a biography of Franz Bauer is ...
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Franz Bauer was born in Austria in 1758, but lived and worked for 50 years at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he was employed by Sir Joseph Banks as resident draughtsman. A contemporary of Redoute, he is considered by many experts to be the greatest of all botanical artists. This book contains almost all Bauer's completed orchid paintings, including many enlargements of flowers. Each photograph is presented with a commentary by Joyce Stewart on the history and cultivation of the plant and a biography of Franz Bauer is included by William T. Stearn.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in Good dust jacket. Very slight waviness to pages; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in tight binding. Dust jacket not price-clipped; short tear at top of front panel.
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Very Good. NEW & UNREAD. Light storage wear to jacket. Front pastedown is scuffed. Content as new. 160 p. Art Reference . 63 colour photographs, index.
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Very Good. Unused/new. Light bumps/small scuffs to cover edges. Some minor creases/scuffs to edges of dustjacket. Some small ink marks on pages otherwise content is in excellent condition. 160 p. Art Reference . 63 colour photographs, index.
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Very good. 1st edition 1993. Small (1cm) closed tear to upper left front cover and slight rubbing to edges of dust-jacket, now protected using removable clear wrap, otherwise in very good condition. Contents clean and unmarked. Next day dispatch by Royal Mail in sturdy, recyclable packaging. 1000's of satisfied customers! Please contact us with any enquiries.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x0x11; The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 4to. 160pp.
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Good in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 160pp; frontispiece; illustrated in colour and b/w; white pictorial d/j, blue title to spine, minimal edgewear.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. Original publisher's maroon cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Signed by both Joyce Stewart and William Stearn on the title page. ISBN: 1871569583 Pages: 160 Fine in fine dust jacket.
