Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference soft-ground etching

soft-ground etching

this work will be an admirable addition to your music library

recall construction

Vocal recitalists and sing-along enthusiasts alike will find popular favorites here as well as a number of beautiful and moving songs rarely heard today

Its power to stir the imagination was made abundantly clear when Orson Welles adapted the story for a radio drama on Halloween night in 1938 and created a national panic

Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference soft-ground etchingComprising more than 500 years of printed botanical illustrations, this stunning compendium of black and white and color images begins with medieval illuminated manuscripts and woodcuts from the early days of printing. In addition to images from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, the collection features highlights from such seventeenth century classics as Gerard's Herbal, Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, and Crispin van de Pass' Hortus Floridus.