Book Review: Botanical Sketchbooks

Submitted by  Teoh Yi Chie on  August 19, 2017 - 11:45 am

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Botanical Sketchbooks is a book that features the botany art of artists from the 1600s to early 1900s. Collected within are scans of selected pages from the sketchbooks of these artists who are featured one by one in the book.

The quality of the scans is quite good. You can tell the artworks are created long ago because all the pages are yellowish. But thankfully, the hand drawn botany artworks still appear sharp and reproduce well on these printed pages. Some of the original art appear faded but that's not too surprising as they are quite old. There is a lot of text in the book that come in the form of artist profiles that talk about the type of work the artist is known for.

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This review copy is provided by book seller and distributor APD Singapore (website | facebook). You can get the book from them and major bookstores in Southeast Asia.

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From publisher Princeton Architectural Press
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princeton architectural press
laurence king publishing
art book reviews
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botanical art

Comments

Liz Fraser (not verified) Sat, 21 Oct 2017 - 17:52

Do you know if both books are exactly the same? The Thames and Hudson copy is more expensive and has a different front cover. They were just published one month apart. Thanks, I always enjoy your book reviews. Liz

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