The Highgrove Florilegium : watercolours depicting plants grown in the garden at Highgrove / preface by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales ; introduction by Christopher Humphries.
Material type: TextLondon : Addison Publications for the Prince's Charities Foundation, 2008-2009Description: 2 volumes : color illustrations ; 67 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | State Botanical Collection | Rare Books Collection | RB EFOL V1 14/4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | RBGM00005127 | ||
Book | State Botanical Collection | Rare Books Collection | RB EFOL V2 14/4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not For Loan | RBGM00005132 |
Watercolour paintings depicting plants grown in the garden of H.R.H The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Highgrove in Gloucestershire.
"The botanical information has been compiled by Professor C.J. Humphries and Dr. F.J. Rumsey at the Natural History Museum, London" -- colophon.
Introductory essay, "Florilegia : a brief history" by Christopher Mills, Librarian, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; List of contributing artists at end of vol. 2 includes artists from Australia, Canada, Japan and United States of America. Six Australian artists: Beverly Allen (plates 2, 105); Fiona McKinnon (plate 37); Anne O'Connor (plates 1, 59); John Pastoriza-Pinol (plate 99); Jenny Phillips (plates 5, 34, 74); Jennifer Wilkinson (plate 104).
Printed by stochastic lithography on 245 gsm American Cotton paper for the colour plates and on 175 gsm Somerset Bookwove text paper; half-bound in red goatskin with marbled paper boards; sprinkled edges; hand finished with gold leaf tooling on spine; text set in Fairbank and Bembo Book types; accompanied by handmade green felt book cover with maroon felt ties.
Vol. 1: plates 1-61 -- Vol. 2: plates 62-124.
Limited edition of 175 sets. RBG copy: No. 109 of 175 set and purchased with funds generously donated by Director's Circle Donors, May 2010.