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Item Number: 122438
Title: Das Grüne Florilegium - The Green Florilegium
Author: Poulsen, Hanne Kolind
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9783791352787
Description: Munich-New York: Prestel, 2013. 35 x 24cm., hardcover, 224pp., 435 color illus. Summary: This elegant book features exquisite reproductions of a rare 17th-century album of floral illustrations. Very little is known about The Green Florilegium. Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker and originates from the library at Gottorp Castle in Schleswig, on the border of Germany and Denmark. The album now resides at the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen. Recently the book was painstakingly restored, allowing the delicate illustrations to come to new life in their original colors. This beautiful volume reproduces the original work of 400 botanical illustrations on 178 plates. It also includes an introductory essay and captions with basic information on each flower. Published for the first time, this lovely book is a must-have for lovers of botanical illustration and a sublime example of the art of conservation. (^Available March 2013^)
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