Plants and Flowers: 1761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers

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by  Alan E. Bessette

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Plants and Flowers
1761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers
Alan E. Bessette
William K. Chapman
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
Illustrations no. 212–218, 220–223, 229–231, 235–238 and 241–243—N. L.
Britton and J. N. Rose, The Cactaceae, vols. I—III (courtesy of the Carnegie
Institution of Washington); no. 414—417, 419–425, 429–433, 438, 441–444,
447–457 and 459–461—Oakes Ames and Donovan Stewart Correll, Orchids of
Guatemala, Fieldiana: Botany, Vol. 26, Nos. 1 and 2 (Courtesy of the Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago).
The following also provided selected illustrations: Macmillan, Ltd. (London);
State of Kansas Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University; State
of Michigan Cooperative Extension Service, Michigan State University; State of
New York Cooperative Extension Service, Cornell University; Douglas and
Doris Swarthout of Berry Hill Bookshop, Deansboro, N.Y.; and United States
Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service.
Copyright © 1992 by Dover Publications, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Plants and Flowers: 1,761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers is a new work,
first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1992.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Plants and flowers : 1761 illustrations for artists and designers / edited by Alan
E. Bessette and William K. Chapman.
p. cm.—(Dover pictorial archive series) Includes bibliographical references and
index.
9780486140193
1. Botanical illustration. 2. Plants—Pictorial works. 3. Flowers—Pictorial works.
I. Bessette, Alan. II. Chapman, William K., 1951–. III. Series.
QK98.2.P53 1992
581’.022’2—dc20
92-5448
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
WE WISH TO THANK Valerie Conley, Carol Gargas and Jean Zerbe for their
valuable technical assistance and suggestions for improvement of the
manuscript.
We also thank Arleen Rainis for proofreading the manuscript.