The temple of flora
By: Robert John Thornton ; essay and description of plates by Werner Dressendörfer
Contributors: Dressendorfer, Werner, contributor; Missouri Botanical Garden
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Köln; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9783836536332
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Botany; Flowers in art; Pictorial works; Botanik; Flowers; Kunst; Botanical illustration
Other titles: Tempel der Flora; Temple de flora; Templo de flora
Work titles: Temple of flora
Description: More than two centuries have passed since the publication of Robert John Thornton's "The Temple of Flora" in 1799, but its charm remains unsullied. In addition to the botanical and cultural historical explanations of the individual plate illustrations, this reprint narrates the history of the origin of the work and the life of its author--
Notes: Parallel titles on half title page: Der Tempel der Flora, Le temple de flora, El templo de flora.

"The copy used for printing belongs to the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis."--Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (page 104).

Text in English, French, German and Spanish.