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The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Amazing Orchids Coloring Book

9781398844193
96 pages
Arcturus Publishing Limited
Overview

Drawn from the Library and Archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this coloring book provides more than 40 full-color images of wonderful flowers together with line artworks to color in.

With artworks by some of the great exponents of botanical art, such as Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Franz Bauer and Georg Ehret, as well as other equally beautiful and exquisite images by some of the artists who worked for Curtis's Botanical Magazine and for the Botanic Gardens, this collection makes the ideal gift or self-purchase for those who love the wonders of nature and flowers in particular.

Features:
• Thick, high-quality paper to prevent bleed-through
• A key of full-color, thumbnail images to preview the designs
• Full-page prints of original full-color artwork to display

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Arcturus Classic Nature Colouring series includes archival illustrations by some of history's most acclaimed naturalists, including Audubon, Pierre-Joseph Redouté and William Lizars. These original full-colour illustrations are presented beside the black and white designs for reference and inspiration.

Author Bio
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew houses the largest and most diverse botanical collections in the world. The illustration archives contain more than 170,000 prints and drawings of plants. It is one of London's top tourist attractions and is a World Heritage Site.