BOTANICAL SKETCHBOOKS (PB)

Histories of botanical art nearly always feature finished paintings or drawings - the preparatory sketches and first impressions are usually hidden. This book brings these personal, vivid, spontaneous records gloriously back into the light, accompanied by a series of biographical portraits illuminating a range of intriguing characters from different countries and cultures. Examples from sketchbooks proper are joined by notebooks, journals, albums, loose pieces of paper, works on vellum, manuscripts, letters, herbarium sheets and marginalia. An invitation to relive extraordinary experiences and become immersed in lost worlds.