Plant. Exploring the botanical world (from the library of Criss Canning)

London : Phaeton, 2016. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 352, illustrated. Artists include Ferdinand Bauer, Celia Rosser, Marianne North, James Sowerby, Sydney Parkinson, Charles Darwin and others.

‘This fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plants. It combines photographs and cutting-edge micrograph scans with watercolours, drawings, and prints to bring this universally popular and captivating subject vividly to life. Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities, this stunning compilation of botanically themed images includes iconic work by celebrated artists, photographers, scientists, and botanical illustrators, as well as rare and previously unpublished images.’ – the publisher.

From the library of noted Australian artist Criss Canning, signed in ink on the endpaper.

Provenance:

Criss Canning, acquired in 2023