Mr Marshal's Flower Book: Being a Compendium of the Flower Portraits of Alexander Marshal Esq.: As Created for His Magnificent Florilegium - Hardcover

Marshal, Alexander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190568603X ISBN 13: 9781905686032

Publisher: Royal Collection Trust, 2008

Synopsis

A lavish compilation of botanical watercolors by the seventeenth-century horticulturalist is comprised of images from his only surviving flower book and features introductory text on the artist's life as well as his subjects. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Alexander Marshal (c. 1620?1682) was a renowned horticulturalist and entomologist among his contemporaries. He lived during a time of immense expansion in the variety of plants available to English gardeners. The beautiful paintings in his Florilegium, or ?flower book,? garnered him much fame and established his reputation as a preeminent botanical artist.

Synopsis:

This book, designed to be in keeping with the 17th century original, uses Marshal's enchanting watercolours to take the reader through a year in the life of a garden of the period.

About this edition

• Publisher: Royal Collection Trust
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 190568603X
• ISBN 13: 9781905686032
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192