Imagine a museum at your fingertips.
From the creators of the hugely popular ‘Welcome to the Museum’ series that is responsible for Waterstones’ bestselling children’s non-fiction books Animalium and Historium comes Botanicum; a feast for the eyes and a doorway into our natural world.
Botanicum is a stunningly curated guide to plant life. With artwork from Katie Scott of Animalium fame, Botanicum gives readers the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the pages of a beautiful book.
From perennials to bulbs to tropical exotica, Botanicum is a wonderful feast of botanical knowledge complete with superb cross sections of how plants work. A perfect gift for amateur botanists of any age and a stunning collector’s piece with artwork that begs to be lingered over.
Now fans of Botanicum’s exquisite artwork can collect their own exhibition with the Botanicum Postcards collection: 50 vibrant postcards to send to friends or decorate your walls.
About the authors:
The Director of Science at Kew Gardens, Kathy Willis is currently heading up the development of a new science strategy for Kew as part of a project to expand its world-leading science projects and conservation work including its Seed Conservation Department; bringing together the greatest minds in plant science to find solutions to current global challenges.
A leading designer and illustrator, Katie Scott has been collaborating with Big Picture Press to develop images for their stunning ‘Welcome to the Museum’ series, specialising in cross-sections and detailed anatomical and lifelike representations of animals, historical objects, flora and fauna as well as her ambitious Story of Life timeline fold-out with images that recreate evolution across the ages.
Publisher: Templar Publishing
ISBN: 9781783703944
Number of pages: 112
Weight: 1030 g
Dimensions: 376 x 278 x 15 mm
This beautifully illustrated book is a comprehensive, curated guide to plant life... it's a feast of botanical knowledge. - BBC Gardener's World
...Stunningly illustrated guide to plant life. The perfect gift for anyone from three to ninety-three. - Huffington Post
...a big, beautiful artifact. Gloriously hand-illustrated in the manner of classic Victorian natural history, it offers levels of information suitable for intelligent, inquisitive young minds and begs to be pored over endlessly. - Financial Times
A beautiful and tremendously well written guide to plant life, from algae to the Amazon waterlily... This is a volume to treasure. - The English Garden
This is a splendid exploration of the world of plants by Kathy Willis, from the primitive to the prettiest. The botanical pictures by Katie Scott are lovely. - Evening Standard
A feast of botanical drawing and description. - Metro
This book is absolutely glorious. Aimed at both adult and child it's a book never to be parted with. From the same stable as Animalium and Historium, it is a truly wonderful look at a diverse range of plants as... More
This is an amazingly lush and really beautiful book, and it just has to be as big as it is to do the illustrations justice. It's the kind of book which shows why real books are a million times better than ebooks,... More
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