Kew Pocketbooks: Mexican Plants by Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Hardcover Book

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Mexico is a country high in biodiversity and home to a huge number of plant species.

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Mexico is a country high in biodiversity and home to a huge number of plant species. This new title in the Kew Pocketbooks series is a celebration of this impressive flora, and includes everything from stunning orchids, passion flowers, and gladioli, to marigolds associated with the Day of the Dead celebrations, and the national flower of Mexico, dahlia, showcased through 40 stunning paintings form the Kew archives.The luxury finish on these books makes them a must-have gift item, printed on uncoated paper and with a cloth and foil finish.

Author Biography

Bryony Langley is a botanical horticulturist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Long Description

This stunning series of pocketbooks from Kew offers a snapshot into the diverse and beautiful world of plants and fungi. Each book lavishly showcases choice examples from different groups or collections.Mexico is a country high in biodiversity and home to a huge number of plant species. This new title in the Kew Pocketbooks series is a celebration of this impressive flora, and includes everything from stunning orchids, passion flowers, and gladioli, to marigolds associated with the Day of the Dead celebrations, and the national flower of Mexico, dahlia, showcased through 40 stunning paintings form the Kew archives.The Library and Archives at Kew is one of the most extensive botanical libraries in the world, with the oldest item dating back to the 1370s. In this pocketbook series from Kew, each book presents 40 botanical paintings from the collections illustrating the variety within each group, as well as the diversity of the collection and artistic styles. An introductory chapter by a Kew expert provides an overview of the plant group, and extended captions accompany each painting. The luxury finish on these books makes them a must-have gift item, printed on uncoated paper and with a cloth and foil finish.

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* New title in Kew's luxury gift book series* A celebration of the huge colour and variety of Mexican plants * The botanical paintings in each book offer a glimpse into some of the treasures in Kew's unrivalled archive* Introductory chapters in each book by a Kew expert provide a background to the subjects covered* Must-have gift books with luxury finish

Details ISBN1842467670 Format Hardcover Pages 96 Series Kew Pocketbooks Year 2022 ISBN-13 9781842467671 Publication Date 2022-10-01 Imprint Kew Publishing Place of Publication Richmond, Surrey Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2022-10-01 UK Release Date 2022-10-01 ISBN-10 1842467670 Author Kew Royal Botanic Gardens Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens DEWEY 581.972 Audience General AU Release Date 2022-12-31 Illustrations 40 Illustrations, color We've got this

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