Botanicals: From the Royal Collection

(Hardback)

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A beautifully illustrated pocket-sized book featuring stunning and lifelike illustrations of plant life from prints and drawings in the Royal Collection. The perfect gift for plant-lovers and anyone inspired by botanical drawings.

Celebrate the beauty of botany with this album of exquisite illustrations from the Royal Collection. A source of inspiration for those with a love of plant life, illustration and design, discover more than 80 meticulous and scientifically accurate drawings by renowned artists and botanists, including Alexander Marshal, Maria Sibylla Merian and Mark Catesby. Originally created as essential studies of the natural world, these vivid and graphic works of art are re-presented here alongside a concise expert introduction - the perfect gift for plant-lovers.

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Alice Alder is Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings, Royal Collection Trust.