Plants: 2400 Copyright-Free Illustrations of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and Vegetables

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This ordinary selection of engravings provides designers and commercial artists with a magnificent sourcebook of Victorian-era plant images — all royalty-free. Included are 2,400 crisply detailed illustrations of hundreds of plants — from lilies, lichens, mushrooms and marigolds, to poppies, palms, maples, and mosses.
Selected from rare publications dating from the 1840s to the turn of the century, the illustrations encompass a variety of plant species and classifications: garden flowers, cactuses, bromeliads, ferns, deciduous trees, evergreens, grasses, legumes, orchids, nightshades, and plenty of more. All are identified with Latin or common names and are arranged alphabetically by circle of relatives. Also presented are specialized appendices on fit to be eaten foods, medicinal herbs, and plants used in decoration and in graphic design, including borders and motifs.
Created right through a period when wood engraving had reached its zenith and change into a greatly refined art, these splendid royalty-free illustrations might be an indispensable and inspirational resource for artists and craftspeople working in plenty of areas. The collection will also delight botanists, gardeners, and collectors of old engravings, all of whom are sure to treasure this tribute to the beauty and infinite variety of the plant kingdom.
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