The golden age of botanical art / Martyn Rix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of botanical art --Leonardo da Vinci --Early works of the sixteenth century --Jacopo Ligozzi --Seventeenth-century florilegia --Dutch flower paintings --North American plants --Linnaeus and plant classification --Travellers to the Levant --Maria Sybilla Merian --The exploration of Russia and Japan --Les vélins du muséum --Botany bay and beyond --Sir Joseph Banks --The golden age in England --Mrs Delany and her paper mosaicks --South American adventures --Thornton's the temple of flora, or garden of nature --The golden age in France --Empress Joséphine --Botanical and horticultural illustrated journals --Henry C. Andrews --Early Chinese plant drawings --P{grave}ere David and the French missionaries --The company school in India --The story of Flora Danica 1761-1883 --A new era at Kew --George Maw --Victorian travellers --Elwes and the genus Lilium --Bringing China to Europe --Modern florilegia --The flowers of war and beyond --Exhibiting botanical watercolours --Carrying on the tradition.