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- Banks' Florilegium: A publication in thirty-four parts of seven
hundred and thirty-eight copperplate engravings of plants collected on Captain
James Cook's first voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771; the
specimens were gathered and classified by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., and Daniel
Solander and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784, after drawings
taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson. Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, Sydney
Parkinson, 1745?-1771. London : Alecto Historical Editions in association with
the British Museum (Natural History), <1981 >-1988. Tab: Banks
- Banks, Joseph, and Neil Chambers. The Letters of Sir Joseph
Banks: A Selection, 1768-1820. London: Imperial College Press, 2000. Tab: Banks
- Barton, William P. C. A Flora of North America: Illustrated by
Coloured Figures, Drawn from Nature. Philadelphia: M. Carey & Sons,
1821. Tab: North American Works
- Berlèse, Lorenzo, and J. J. Jung. Iconographie du genre
Camellia ; ou, Description et figures des camellia les plus beaux et les plus
rares: peints d'après nature dans les serres et sous la direction de M. l'abbé
Berlèse. Paris: H. Cousin, 1841. Tab: Hooker and Berlèse
- Bigelow, Jacob. American Medical Botany, Being a Collection of
the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, Containing Their Botanical
History and Chemical Analysis, and Properties and Uses in Medicine, Diet and
the Arts, with Coloured Engravings. Boston: Published by Cummings and
Hilliard; [Cambridge] University Press, Hilliard and Metcalf, 1817. Tab: Herbals
- Blunt, Wilfrid, and William T. Stearn. The Art of Botanical
Illustration: An Illustrated History. New York: Dover Publications, 1994. Tab: How To Illustrate Plants
- Bock, Hieronymus, David Kyber, and Conrad Gessner. Hieronymi
Tragi De stirpium, maxime earum, quae in Germania nostra nascuntur, usitatis
nomenclaturis, proprijs[que] differentijs, ne[que] non temperaturis ac facultatibus,
commentariorum libri tres. Germanica primum lingua conscripti [Liber primus].
Strasbourg?: W. Rihel?, 1552. Tab: Herbals
- Carter, Harold B. Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820): A Guide to
Biographical and Bibliographical Sources. Winchester: St. Paul's
Bibliographies in association with British Museum (Natural History), 1987. Tab: Banks
- Catlow, Agnes. Popular Garden Botany: Containing a Familiar and
Scientific Description of Most of the Hardy and Half-Hardy Plants Introduced
into the Flower Garden. London: Lovell Reeve, 1855. Tab: Women Illustrators
- Compleat Florist. London: Printed for J. Duke, 1747. Tab: Temple of Flora & Compleat Florist
- Curtis, William. The Botanical Magazine, or, Flower-Garden
Displayed: In Which the Most Ornamental Foreign Plants, Cultivated in the Open
Ground, the Green-House, and the Stove, Are Accurately Represented in Their
Natural Colours. S.l: s.n.], 1787. Tab: North American Works
- De Bray, Lys. The Art of Botanical Illustration: The Classic Illustrators
and Their Achievements from 1550 to 1900. Bromley: Helm, 1989. Tab: Temple of Flora & Compleat Florist
- Dykes, William Rickatson, and Elsie Katherine Dykes. Notes on
Tulip Species. London: H. Jenkins, 1930. Tab: Women Illustrators
- Engelbrecht, Martin.
Peepshow: Eine Eremitage odor eindiedlerei. [Ausberg, C. P. Maj. Mart. Englebrecht. excud.
A. V. circa 1740. Tab: Martin Engelbrecht Peepshow
- Ferrari, Giovanni Battista. Io. Bapt. Ferrarii ... De florum culture libri IV[i.e. quattuor]. Romæ: Excudebat S. Paulinus, 1633. Tab: How To Illustrate Plants
- Fish, D. T. Cassell's Popular Gardening. London: Cassell,
1884. Tab: Covers - Beauty inside and out
- Gerard, John, Thomas Johnson, Robert Davyes, Adam Islip, Joyce
Norton, and Richard Whitaker. The Herball, or, General Historie of Plantes.
London: Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636. Tab: Herbals
- Hoffy, Alfred M., and William Draper Brincklé. Hoffy's North
American Pomologist, Containing Numerous Finely Colored Drawings, Accompanied
by Letter Press Descriptions, &C., of Fruits of American Origin.
Philadelphia: A. Hoffy, 1860. Tab: North American Works
- Holmgren, Noel H., and Bobbi Angell. Botanical Illustration:
Preparation for Publication. Bronx, N.Y., USA: New York Botanical Garden,
1986. Tab: How To Illustrate Plants
- Hooker, William Jackson, and W. H. Fitch. Filices Exoticæ; or,
Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Exotic Ferns, Chiefly of Such As Are
Cultivated in the Royal Gardens of Kew. London: L. Reeve, 1859. Tab: Hooker and Berlèse
- Kong, Qinglai. Zhi wu xue da ci dian. Shanghai Shi: Xin ya
shu dian, 1956. Tab: How To Illustrate Plants
- Kramer, Jack, and Linda Sunshine. Women of Flowers: A Tribute
to Victorian Women Illustrators. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang,
1996. Tab: Women Illustrators
- Kress, W. John, and Shirley Sherwood. The Art of Plant
Evolution. Richmond: Kew Pub, 2009. Tab: How To Illustrate Plants
- Le Maout, Emm. Botanique: organographie et taxonomie; histoire
naturelle des familles végétales et des principales espèces, suivant la
classification de M. Adrien de Jussieu. Avec l'indication de leur emploi dans
les arts, les sciences et le commerce. Paris: L. Curmer, 1852. Tab: Covers - Beauty inside and out
- Michaux, François André, Pierre Joseph Redouté, J. Jay Smith,
J. Young Scammon, and Thomas Nuttall. The North American Sylva: Or, a
Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia.
Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1859. Tab: Covers - Beauty inside and out
- Miller, Philip, and Philip Miller. Figures of the Most
Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants Described in The Gardeners Dictionary:
Exhibited on Three Hundred Copper Plates, Accurately Engraven After Drawings
Taken from Nature : with the Characters of Their Flowers and Seed-Vessels,
Drawn When They Were in Their Greatest Perfection : to Which Are Added, Their
Descriptions, and an Account of the Classes to Which They Belong, According to
Ray's, Tournefort's, and Linnaeus's Method of Classing Them : in Two Volumes.
London: Printed for the author, and sold by J. Rivington ... [and 15 others],
1760. Tab: Sweerti & Miller
- Nicholson, George. The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening: A Practical
and Scientific Encyclopedia of Horticulture for Gardeners and Botanists.
New York: The American Agriculturalist, 1887. Tab: Covers - Beauty inside and out
- Parkinson, John. Theatrum Botanicvm: the Theater of Plants. Or,
An Herball of a Large Extent. London: Printed by T. Cotes, 1640. Tab: Herbals
- Pratt, Anne. The Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1866. Tab: Women Illustrators
- Pratt, Anne. Wild Flowers. London: Society for promoting
Christian knowledge, 1893. Tab: Covers - Beauty inside and out
- Redouté, Pierre Joseph, and Claude-Antoine Thory. Les roses.
Antwerp: Belgium, De Schutter S.A., 1974. Tab: Pierre-Joseph Redouté
- Sweerts, Emanuel. Florilegium Emanvelis Sweerti ... tractans de
variis florib[us] et aliis indicis plâtis ad vivum delineatvm in dvabvs partib[us]
et qvator lingvis concinnatvm ... Prostat venalt. vna cvm florib[us] et plantis
ipsis, apvd ipsvm avtorem. Francofurti ad Moenum: impressum apud Anthonium
Kempner sumptib[us] autoris, 1612. Tab: Sweerti & Miller
- Thornton, Robert John. Temple of Flora, or, Garden of the
Botanist, Poet, Painter, and Philosopher. London: Dr. Thornton, 1812. Tab: Temple of Flora & Compleat Florist
- Weld, Margaret. Painted flowers. 1722. Tab: Women Illustrators
- West, Keith R. How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical
Illustration. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1983. Tab: How To Illustrate Plants
