Nearly 300 accurate botanical illustrations, selected from a rare reference, include detailed renderings of woodbine, peony root, cherry, hare's beard, couch gr

Outstanding collection of over 400 designs and illustrations, selected from authentic sources of medieval and Gothic ornamentation, includes woodcuts of human f

Rich royalty-free collection reprinted from rare reference work includes detailed renderings of borage, oak-apple, valerian, thistle, tansy, many other plant va

In this delightful book, the author explores the "floral outburst" that occurred in medieval manuscripts of the 14th and 15th centuries.

Collins shows how the principal herbal traditions of Classical descent were replaced by a new observation of nature that itself paved the way for the magnificen