Recent bibliographical suggestions

In connection with the article on collecting naturalist graphic works, here is a suggestion for some interesting and enjoyable readings:

 

Alain Asselin, Jacques Cayouette and Jacques Mathieu, Curieuses histoires de plantes du Canada, tomes 1-5, Montreal: Septentrion, 2014-2023

Josephine Le Foll, Le Bouquet dans la peinture, Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2023

Roger Tory Peterson and Virginia Marie Peterson, Le grand livre des oiseaux d’Audubon, Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2023

Anne Sefriou, Fleurs. Coffret essentiel, Paris: Hazan, 2023

Xinmiao Zheng and Hongxing Zhang, Peintures chinoises, Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2023

Anna Pavord and Shane Connoly, Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom, London, New York: Phaidon, 2020

Hans Walter Lack, Redouté: The Books of flowers / Redouté : le livre des fleurs, Cologne, London, New York: Taschen, 2020

James Copton et al., Plant: Exploring the Botanical World, London, New York: Phaidon, 2016

Pascale Heurtel and Michelle Lenoir (dir.), Les Vélins du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2016

Nicole Garnier-Pelle, Livre de desseins chinois : Modèles de Jean-Antoine Fraisse pour les manufactures du duc de Bourbon, Saint-Rémy-en-l’Eau: Monelle Hayot, 2011

Judith Magee, Images of nature: chinese art and the Reeves Collection, London: Natural History Museum, 2011

Judith Magee, Art of nature: three centuries of natural history art from around the world, London: Natural History Museum, 2009

Sherley Sherwood and Martyn Rix, Treasures of botanical art: icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew collections, Richmond: Kew Publishing, 2008

Claudia Salvi, Le grand livre des animaux de Buffon, Tournai: La Renaissance du livre, 2002

Pascale Heurtel and Michelle Lenoir, Plantes et fleurs du voyage : dessins naturalistes (XVIIe-XIXe s.), 400.Naturalia collection, Arles: Actes Sud, 2001

Pascale Heurtel and Michelle Lenoir, Oiseaux du monde : dessins naturalistes (XVIIe-XIXe s.), 400.Naturalia collection, Arles: Actes Sud, 2001

Hans Walter Lack, A Garden Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration / Un jardin d’Eden : chefs-d’oeuvre de l’illustration botanique, Cologne, London, New York: Taschen, 2001

 

 

The Bibliothèque des livres rares et collections spéciales of the University of Montreal also curates a rich collection of animal art, the David M.-Lank collection, which can be consulted virtually through the following link:

http://expo.bib.umontreal.ca/exhibits/show/expositionlank/presentationcollection

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