Vision of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North
by NORTH, MARIANNE
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NORTH HAMPTON, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
1980. Good. NORTH, MARIANNE. A Vision of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980, First edition. Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Biographical Note by Brenda E. Moon. Publ. in collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 4to, pp.240, illus. in color from botanical paintings. Index. Dj. [Marianne North was a nineteenth century botanical painter and explorer, whose journeys took her around the world several times. This book is a collection of her botanical paintings, excerpts from her autobiography and travel memoirs, which was first published in 1893 under the title of Recollections of a Happy Life.]
Synopsis
From the DJ: "A Vision of Eden, the first collection in book form of Marianne North's fabulously detailed and exotic botanical paintings, also contans excerpts from her autobiography and vivid travel memoirs.... North, who usually traveled alone during the late nineteenth century, was a pioneer both in terms of her lush and wildly colorful artistic style and in the scope of her farflung journeys.."
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On Feb 4 2020, a reader said:
a very interesting tale and a wonderful art wotk
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- Bookseller
- Landscape Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8738
- Title
- Vision of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North
- Author
- NORTH, MARIANNE
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- BOT ILLUS, BIOGRAPHY, KEW GARDENS, PLANT HUNTING, INDIA, SOUTH AMERICA
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