Drawn from Nature: The Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons
by Van Ravenswaay, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0874749387
- ISBN 13
- 9780874749380
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984. folio, 9 1/2" x 12 1/8", 357pp., beautifully illustrated with 95 full page, full color plates and b'w reproductions within the text. Pale green cloth with green titles, green patterned endpapers. "Joseph Prestele (1796-1867) was a flower painter and a master of lithography, the technique of engraving on stone. Skilled in painting and botany, he produced work of aesthetic and scientific value. His three sons, Joseph Jr. (1824-1880s), Gottlieb (1827-1892) and William Henry (1838-1895), followed in his footsteps." Fine in near fine dust jacket.. 1st. Hard. Fine/Near Fine. Folio.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009109
- Title
- Drawn from Nature: The Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons
- Author
- Van Ravenswaay, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0874749387
- ISBN 13
- 9780874749380
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution Press
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D. C.
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Nature;
- Size
- Folio
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