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Synopsis

A tribute to victorian women illustrators. by jack kramer. photographed by eric strachan. designed by mary tiegreen. edited by linda sunshine.

Item Description

4to. 10.25 x 8.75 inches. 223 + [1] pp. Bound in patterned light green cloth with with blue and white titles and colour image on front board and quotation on rear board, in unclipped pictorial dust wrapper, with text on rear wrapper. All edges gilt. A fine copy. Illustrated throughout principally in colour, including preliminary pages vignettes. Describes and illustrates the work of some thirty Victorian women botanical illustrators from Europe and the US. By Jack Kramer (b.1927) and edited by Linda Sunshine (b.1948), author and publisher's editor. A handsomely illustrated volume.