Panteek's
Botanical and Natural History Prints Bibliography
Botanical Books
Anderson,
Frank J.
A Treasury of Flowers
1990
Little, Brown & Co.
ISBN
#0-8212-1758-5
Barker, Nicolas & Aymonin,
Gérard G.
Botanical
Prints from the Hortus Eystettensis,
2000 Harry
N. Abrams Inc.
ISBN #0-8109-2743-8
Bennett,
Whitman
A Practical
Guide to American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books
1949
Blunt,
Wilfrid
The Art of
Botanical Illustration
1950
Collins
A
good all round reference with a lot of biographical detail, covering
five hundred years of botanical illustration.
BMC
(NH)
Catalogue
of the Books . . . in the British Museum (Natural History)
8
volumes, including Supplement
London 1903-1940, reprint 1964
Calman, Gerta
Ehret
Flower Painter Extraordinary,
1977
Folio Colored and Plain Plates
A
Serious Study
Christie’s
December,
2002 Important Botanical Books from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue of Sale
Very
good illustrations and descriptions of many of the great illustrated flower
books
Coats, A.M.
The Book of Flowers: Four Centuries of Flower Illustration
London 1973
Dunthorne, G.
Flower
and Fruit Prints of the 18th and early 19th Centuries
London 1938
Elliot,
Brent
Flora, An Illustrated History of The Garden Flower
2001
Firefly
ISBN
#1-55209-604-1
Elliot,
Brent
Treasures of The Royal Horticultural Society
1994
Sagapress/Timber Press
ISBN
#0-88192-297-8
Dance,
Peter
Classic
Natural History Prints, 1991
There
are several titles in this series. Each
contains 60 colored plates with a brief note on the source book. Subjects covered include shells, butterflies,
animals, birds of prey, and ornamental flowers
Freeman,
R. B.
British
Natural History Books 1495-1900, 1980
Very
useful as it gives information not easily found elsewhere, but no
illustrations. Includes
botany. Covers
only books on British subjects.
Grigson, Geoffrey
The
Englishman’s Flora
1955 Phoenix House Ltd.
Hatton,
Richard G.
Handbook of
Plant and Floral Ornament from Early Herbals
1960 Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN
#0-486-20649-1
Henrey,
B.
British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800
3
volumes
London 1975
Hobhouse, Penelope
Plants in
Garden History
1997
Pavilion
ISBN
#1-85793-273-0
Hunt,
Rachel McMasters Miller
The
Hunt Botanical Catalogue, Vol. 1 (1150-1700) and Vol. 2 Parts 1 & 2
(1701-1800).
1958
Maurizio Martino (reprint) and The Hunt Botanical Library
ISBN
#1-57898-0283 and #1-57898-C48-8
An excellent scholarly reference without images.
Jackson, B.D.
Guide to the Literature of Botany
1881
London
Janson, H. Frederic
Pomona’s Harvest, An Illustrated Chronicle of
Antiquarian Fruit Literature
1996
Timber Press
ISBN
0-88192-336-2
Johnston,
Stanley H. Jr.
Cleveland’s
Treasures from the World of Botanical Literature
1998
Orange Frazer Press
ISBN
#1-882203-51-8
Excellent reference from the erudite Cleveland
curator,
with many illustrations.
Kramer,
Jack
Women of
Flowers, A Tribute to Victorian Women Illustrators
1996
Stewart, Tabori, & Chang
ISBN
#1-55670-497-6
Lack,
H. Walter
Garden Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical
Illustration
2001
Taschen
ISBN
#3-8228-1521-7
Landwehr, J.H.
Studies in Dutch Books with Coloured Plates published 1662-1875
1976 The Hague
Lindley
Library
Catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts and Drawings
1927 Royal Horticultural Society
MacPhail, I.
Books
illustrated by Redouté in: A
Catalogue of Redoutéana exhibited at the Hunt
Botanical Library
1963
Pittsburgh
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
A
Catalogue of the Library (1918-1920 Boston)
Dictionary
Catalog of the Library (1963 Boston)
McLean,
Ruari and Antonia
Benjamin
Fawcett
1988
Scholar Press, Gower Publishing Company Limited
ISBN
#0 85967 789 3
The
seminal work on the publications of
Benjamin Fawcett & hence William Morris
Merian, Maria Sibylla
New Book of
Flowers
1999
Prestel
ISBN
#3-7913-2080-7
Nelmes, Ernest and Cuthbertson,
William
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine Dedications 1827-1927, Portraits and
Biographical Notes
1931
Bernard Quaritch
Nissen,
C.
Die botanische Buchillustration
2
volumes
1951-1956
Stuttgart
Plesch, Arpad
The Library of the Stiftung für Botanik,
Liechtenstein,
collected by the late Arpad Plesch
3
volumes
1975-1976
London, Sotheby’s
Pomona Britannica
2002 Taschen publ.
ISBN
3-8228-1463-6
Pritzel, G.A.
Thesaurus literaturae botanicae
1871-1877
Leipzig
Rix, M.
The Art of the Botanist
1981
London
Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew.
Catalogue of the Library
1899
London
Stafleu, F.A. and Cowan, R.S.
Taxonomic Literature
Volumes
I-VI, second edition
1976-1986
Utrecht
Quinby, J.
and Stevenson, A.
McTigue, Bernard
Nature
Illustrated, Flowers, Plants, and Trees 1550-1900
1989 Harry N. Abrams Inc.
ISBN
#0-8109-1176-0
Rix, Martyn
The
Art of the Botanist, 1981
Illustrated
Coffee-table Book
Sitwell, Sacheverell
Great Flower
Books 1700-1900
1990
Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN
#0-87113-284-2
A
fine, widely used reference with illustrations
Sotheby’s
A Magnificent Collection of Botanical Books
1987 Hardback Catalogue Robert de Belder Sale
Catalogue,
This
catalogs one of the greatest collections ever sold at auction &
is an excellent source of illustrations and
descriptions of many great
botanical works
Sotheby’s
Arpad Plesch
Collection Sale Catalogue
1977
Three Volumes
Very
detailed work with more comprehensive coverage than de Belder,
but only black and white illustrations
Tomasi, Lucia Tongiorgi
An Oak Spring
Flora
1998
Oak Spring Garden Library
ISBN
#0-300-07139-6
Another
excellent recent reference with many illustrations
Whittle,
Tyler
The Plant
Hunters
1970
Chilton Book Company and Thomas Nelson & Sons
ISBN:
809-5472-x
Whittle, Tyler & Cook, Christopher
Curtis’s Flower
Garden Displayed: 120 Plates from the years 1787-1807
1991
Magna Books
ISBN
#1-85422-149-3
Natural History Books
Anker, Jean
Bird Books and Bird Art
1938
(re-issued 1973 and possibly again since then)
A
very good history as well as a bibliography
Aramata, H.
Birds of the World
1989 Crown Publ.
ISBN
0-517-573741
Bennett,
Whitman
A Practical
Guide to American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books
1949
Buchanan, Handasyde
Nature into Art. A Treasury of Great Natural
History Books, 1979
Very well illustrated by the co-author with Sitwell of Fine Bird Books.
The
book contains a reprint of his catalogue of Natural History books issued in
1934.
Dance, Peter
The
Art of the Natural History, 1978
Similar
to the Martyn Rix book
about botany
Dance, Peter
Classic
Natural History Prints, 1991
There
are several titles in this series. Each
contains 60 colored plates with a brief note on the source book. Subjects covered include shells, butterflies,
animals, birds of prey, and ornamental flowers.
Dance,
Peter
A
History of Shell Collecting, 1966
Very
good bibliography with a few small portraits of conchologists and detailed survey
of shell collecting and collectors, re-issued in 1986
Freeman,
R. B.
British
Natural History Books 1495-1900, 1980
Very
useful as it gives information not easily found elsewhere, but no
illustrations. Includes
botany. Covers only books on
British subjects
Hyman,
Susan
Edward Lear’s Birds
1980 William Morrow & Co.
ISBN
0-688-03671-6
Jackson,
Christine E.
Dictionary
of Bird Artists of the World, 1999
ISBN
#1 85149 203 8
Probably
the most comprehensive work on bird artists and illustrators, listed
alphabetically with dates of birth and death and a short biography on each,
with over 90 pages of colored & black & white illustrations
Kastner, Joseph
The Bird Illustrated 1550-1900, From the Collections of the New
York Public Library
1988 Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN
0-8109-0746-1
Lambourne, Maureen
John Gould’s Birds of Great
Britain
1986 Bloomsbury Books
ISBN 0-906223-74-1
McLean,
Ruari and Antonia
Benjamin
Fawcett
1988
Scholar Press, Gower Publishing Company Limited
ISBN
#0 85967 789 3
Pasquier,
Roger F & Farrand, John Jr.
Masterpieces
of Bird Art: 700 Years of Ornithological Illustration
1991
Abbeville Press, Incorporated, New York
ISBN
#1558591346
Sitwell, Sacheverell
Fine Bird Books, 1700-1900
1990
Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN
#0-87113-285-0
Sotheby’s
1989
H. Bradley Martin Collection Sale, June and December
Catalogues
The
June catalogue is useful for the fine and rare, the December one for the
lesser, but still interesting books.
Bennett, Whitman
1949 A Practical Guide to
American Nineteenth Century Color Plate Books
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