Item #478540 A selection of late 18th & early 19th century Indian botanical paintings recording the indigenous and introduced flora of the subcontinent, commissioned by the honourable East India Company and executed in watercolor by native artists, variously lent from the collections of the British Museum (Natural History), India Office Library, Linnean Society of London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.

A selection of late 18th & early 19th century Indian botanical paintings recording the indigenous and introduced flora of the subcontinent, commissioned by the honourable East India Company and executed in watercolor by native artists, variously lent from the collections of the British Museum (Natural History), India Office Library, Linnean Society of London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1980. First Edition. Near fine copy in stiff-card wrappers; somewhat sun-toned and edge-bumped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #478540
ISBN: 0913196290

Physical description; 72 pages. Subjects; Botanical illustration India Exhibitions. Painting, Indian 18th century Exhibitions. Painting, Indian 19th century Exhibitions. Watercolor painting, Indian Exhibitions. East India Company Art collections Exhibitions. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Edwards, Phyllis Irene. British Museum (Natural History). India Office Library. Linnean Society of London. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Price: €12.95

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