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Botanical Art from India: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Collection

Henry J. Noltie

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Description:The links between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and India go back for two and a half centuries. Surgeons who had studied botany at the Garden laid the foundations of western knowledge of the Indian flora. Supplementing their written plant descriptions with botanical drawings, commissioned from Indian artists, they established collections which survive today at Edinburgh, the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This book tells the story of these collections, reproducing a selection of 86 exquisite, original drawings – including examples made in all three of the Presidencies (administrative units) of British India (Bombay, Bengal and Madras), between 1770 and 1860.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Botanical Art from India: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Collection. To get started finding Botanical Art from India: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Collection, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The links between the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and India go back for two and a half centuries. Surgeons who had studied botany at the Garden laid the foundations of western knowledge of the Indian flora. Supplementing their written plant descriptions with botanical drawings, commissioned from Indian artists, they established collections which survive today at Edinburgh, the Natural History Museum and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. This book tells the story of these collections, reproducing a selection of 86 exquisite, original drawings – including examples made in all three of the Presidencies (administrative units) of British India (Bombay, Bengal and Madras), between 1770 and 1860.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Botanical Art from India: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Collection. To get started finding Botanical Art from India: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Collection, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Botanical Art from India: The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Collection

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