Earlier this year, I browsed two books that were full of images of Abraham Lincoln. Photographic technology had progressed enough to leave us a relatively rich group of pictures; we can see him aging over time. There is some overlap in the two books but also unique images. I was surprised at how many of them seemed familiar; these might be some of the most reused images in the world! Both books are available from Internet Archive. (click on images to see a larger version)
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection in March – available for browsing on Internet Archive. The publication date range for this group is over 400 years: 1569 to 1993 with 4 volumes in the 1500s, 4 volumes in the 1600s, 4 in the 1700s, 1 in the 1800s, and 7 in the 1900s.
The whole list of 2,842 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The volumes are shown by centuries this month…making it a bit easier to compare the state of the art in botanical print making. Click on any sample images to get an enlarged version…and the title hyperlink to view the entire volume on Internet Archive. Enjoy the March 2024 eBotanical Prints!
The 1500s:
Florum, et coronarianum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia * Borcht, Petrus van de,; Dodoens, Rembert; Plantin, Christophe * sample image * 1569
Purgantium aliarumque eo facientium, tum et radicum, conuoluulorum ac deleteriarum herbarum historiae * Dodoens, Rembert; Plantin, Christophe * sample image * 1574
Caroli Clusii Atrebat Rariorum alioquot stirpium per Hispanias observatarum historia * Christophorus Plantinus; Clusius, Carolus * sample image * 1576
Caroli Clusii Atrebatis Rariorum aliquot stirpium * Bejthe, Stephan.; Christophori Plantini.; Clusius, Carolus, * sample image * 1583
The 1600s:
Histoire des simples medicamens apportes de l'Amerique, desquels on se sert en la medecine * Colin, Anthoine; Pillehott, Iean; Monardes, Nicolas; Orta, Garcia de * sample image * 1619
Hortus Eystettensis * Besler, Basilius * sample image * 1640
Horti medici amstelodamensis rariorum tam Orientalis quam Occidentalis India * Commelin, Johannes; Blaeu, P. & J;Commelin, Caspar; Kiggelaer, Franz; Moninckx, Johan; Moninckx, Maria; Ruysch, Frederik,1638-1731; Someren, Abraham * sample image * 1697
Hortus Indicus Malabaricus V1 * Reede tot Drakestein, Hendrik van * sample image * 1678
More of this series in April. There are 12 volumes in all. The Wikipedia entry for Hortus Malabaricus says that “it is believed to be one of the earliest printed works on the flora of Asia and the tropics” and is a “cultural storehouse of the incidental sociological situation and social affinities carried by the flora of those times.”
The 1700s:
Hesperidum Norimbergensium, sive, De malorum citreorum, limonum, aurantiorumque * Volkamer, Johann Christoph; Brückmann, Franz Ernst et al * sample image * 1713
Praeludia botanica ad publicas plantarum exoticarum demonstrationes, dicta in horto medico * Commelin, Caspar * sample image * 1715
Herbarium amboinense V5 * Rumpf, Georg Eberhard; Fransicum Changuion * sample image * 1747
Herbarium amboinense V6 * Rumpf, Georg Eberhard; Fransicum Changuion * sample image * 1750
The 1800s:
Histoire particuliere des plantes Orchidees recueillies sur les trois iles australes d'Afrique * Du Petit-Thouars, Aubert Aubert * sample image * 1822
The 1900s:
Etudes et commentaires sur le code de L'Escluse * Clusius, Carolus; Istvanffy, Gyula * sample image * 1900
Studies in American plants, III * Gibson, Dorothy N. * sample image * 1972
Pteridophyta of Peru - Part I * Tryon, Rolla M.; Stozle, Robert G. * sample image * 1989
Pteridophyta of Peru - Part II * Tryon, Rolla M.; Stozle, Robert G. * sample image * 1989
Pteridophyta of Peru - Part IV * Tryon, Rolla M.; Stozle, Robert G. * sample image * 1991
Pteridophyta of Peru - Part III * Tryon, Rolla M.; Stozle, Robert G. * sample image * 1992
Pteridophyta of Peru - Part V * Tryon, Rolla M.; Stozle, Robert G. * sample image * 1993
Alexander Francis Lydon provided the illustrations for Francis Orpen Morris’ 6 volumes that document the great houses of Great Britain and Ireland as they were in 1880. Some of the houses were already old and the families were scrambling to maintain them. Others were benefiting from new wealth from industry or colonies either through marriage or new owners. These are easy books to browse!
A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6
The books are interesting from several historical perspectives. Here are some thoughts these books prompted for me:
They show the publishing technology of the time to produce color illustrations. It was new and expensive…and the publisher folded not long after these books were published.
The weapons of war that would destroy buildings from the air in World War I and World War II had not been invented in 1880. The books include houses that had survived for years because the weapons of war were not sufficient to destroy them in an instant.
Transportation was improving (trains and canals) but travel was still relatively slow, so the wealthy required large county houses for guests that stayed awhile.
The industrial revolution was in full swing, but many wealthy families were still clinging to agricultural streams of income from their lands. Country houses were not just a place to live; they were also the center of the family enterprise.
Lyndon (the illustrator) was not credited on the cover page. Why? He had worked with Morris on several projects before so their collaboration must have been a profitable one for him. He was evidently a successful artist, illustrator and engraver that supported a family with his work.
The author of the text (Morris) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman that had broad interests. He published books about birds and insects and heritage buildings! He was active in the movement to protect birds from the plume trade. His occupation as a vicar must have allowed sufficient free time for him to indulge his wide-ranging interests….and enjoy his family (9 children). He lived a relatively long time (82 years old when he died) and must have enjoyed what he did.
Liberty Hyde Bailey edited the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture from 1916-1919; the six volumes are available from Internet Archive. According to Wikipedia, he had retired from his career at Cornell (1988-1913) to become a private scholar. These volumes must have been one of his post-retirement projects. His daughter, Ethel Zoe Bailey, had graduated from Smith College in 1911 and evidently worked alongside her father on these volumes. His most significant and lasting contributions were in the botanical study of cultivated plants.
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Vol I
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Vol II
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Vol III
The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture Vol IV
I enjoyed the illustrations of familiar plants that were being grown in the early 1900s. Most of the illustrations are black and white photographs but I chose sample images from the few that were in color. The produce aisles of our grocery stores have a more limited selection!
The first decades of the 1900s were when a lot of Colleges of Agriculture were formed. Bailey formed Cornell’s College of Agriculture and secured public funding in 1904. Agriculture was rebuilding for the future – trying to get more production of fertile lands farmed, in many cases, by immigrants that had arrived in the prior 50 years. One side of my family tree arrived from Europe in the 1890s. They wouldn’t have seen these books, but they were assisted by the agricultural extension services, the 4-H movement, parcel post, and rural electrification that Bailey helped initiate.
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection in December– available for browsing on Internet Archive. They were almost the only books I read/browsed in December; I was overwhelmingly busy caring for my parents.
The publication range for this group is 1629-1959 – a lot has changed in those 300 years!
The whole list of 2,781 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the December 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the December 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Niger flora; or an enumeration of the plants of Western tropical Africa * Hooker, William Jackson (editor) * sample image * 1849
Bouquet de Melastomataceae Bresilieannes * Cogniaux, Alfred; Saldanha del Gama, Jose * sample image * 1887
Bryologia javanica V1 * Dozy, Francois; Molkenboer, Julian Hendrik; Bosch, Roelof Benjamin Van Den; Sande Lacoste, Cornelius Marinus van der * sample image * 1855
Bryologia javanica V2 * Dozy, Francois; Molkenboer, Julian Hendrik; Bosch, Roelof Benjamin Van Den; Sande Lacoste, Cornelius Marinus van der * sample image * 1855
Chung-kuo chu yao chih wu tʻu shuo.ho bien Nan-ching ta hsüeh, Shêng wu hsüeh hsi [ho] Chung-kuo kʻo hsüeh yüan, Chih wu yen chiu so. * Keng, I-li * sample image * 1959
Collection d'orchide - esaquarelles originales. * Missouri Botanical Garden * sample image * 1900
Contribuciones al conocimiento de la flora ecuatoriana * Sodiro, L. * sample image * 1905
Das entdeckte Geheimniss der Natur im Bau und in der Befruchtung der Blumen * Sprengel, Christian Konrad * sample image * 1793
De plantis exoticis libri duo * Alpini, Alpino; Alpini, Prosperi * sample image * 1629
Descriptio?n de l'Egypte recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont ete faites en Egypte pendant l'expedition de l'armee francaise * Raffeneau-Delile, Alire * sample image * 1824
Description des plantes de l'Amerique * Plumier, Charles * sample image * 1693
Descriptionum et iconum rariores et pro maxima parte novas plantas illustrantium * Rottboll * sample image * 1773
Die Coniferen * Antoine, Franz * sample image * 1840
Phyto-iconographie der Bromeliaceen des kaiserlichen königlichen Hofburg-Gartens in Wien * Antoine, Franz * sample image * 1884
Die Flora der deutschen Schutzgebiete in der Sudsee * Lauterbach, Karl; Schumann, Karl Moritz * sample image * 1900
Nachtrage zur Flora der deutschen Schutzgebiete in der Sudsee * Lauterbach, Karl; Schumann, Karl Moritz * sample image * 1905
Die pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der nachbargebiete * Engler, Adolf * sample image * 1895
Flora Brasiliae meridionalis * Saint-Hilaire, Auguste de * sample image * 1825
Flora Java - Volume 2 * Blume, Carolo Ludovico * sample image * 1828
Flora Peruviana, et Chilensis Plates 1-152 * Ruiz, Hippolito; Pavon, Jose * sample image * 1798
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection this month – available for browsing on Internet Archive. More than half of the books are Harvard’s Botanical Museum Leaflets from 1957 to 1982. These are relatively modern botanical prints! The rest of the volumes for October are “Contributions from the Gray Herbarium.” My favorite image is the next to last: silhouettes of Monstera leaves.
The whole list of 2,737 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the October 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the October 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Botanical Museum leaflets V17 * 1957 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V18 * 1959 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V19 * 1962 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V20 * 1964 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V21 * 1967 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V22 * 1967 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V23 * 1974 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V24 * 1976 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V25 * 1977 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V26 * 1978 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V27 * 1979 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V28 * 1982 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V29 * 1982 * Harvard University * sample image
Botanical Museum leaflets V30 * 1982 * Harvard University * sample image
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University no. 40-50 * 1917 * Harvard University, Gray Herbarium * sample image
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University no. 101-105 * 1934 * Harvard University, Gray Herbarium * sample image
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University no. 179-184 * 1956 * Harvard University, Gray Herbarium * sample image
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University no. 185-191 * 1956 * Harvard University, Gray Herbarium * sample image
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University no. 206-208 * 1976 * Harvard University, Gray Herbarium * sample image
Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University no. 209-212 * 1982 * Harvard University, Gray Herbarium * sample image
Twenty-two more books were added to the botanical print collection this month – available for browsing on Internet Archive. More than half of the books are Harvard’s Botanical Museum Leaflets from 1932 to 1954…roughly the years between my parents’ births to my own. The publication was dominated by orchids!
The last two books were added well after I had finished the first 20; I opted to include the botanical books from the Natural History of New York series published in the 1800s. The last picture in the mosaic below is of the American Chestnut; I wondered how many other plants documented as being in New York are missing today, like that tree.
The whole list of 2,717 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the September 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the September 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Orchid culture in Ceylon and the East * Price, F. A. E. * sample image * 1918
Cactaceae of the Boundary * Engelmann, George * sample image * 1858
Botanic contributions relating to the flora of western North America * Engelmann, George; Gray, Asa; Fremont, John Charles0; Torrey, John * sample image * 1853
Report on the botany of the expedition * Torrey, John; Bigelow, John Milton; Engelmann, George * sample image * 1857
Botanical Museum leaflets V1 * Harvard University * sample image * 1932
Botanical Museum leaflets V2 * Harvard University * sample image * 1934
Botanical Museum leaflets V3 * Harvard University * sample image * 1935
Botanical Museum leaflets V4 * Harvard University * sample image * 1937
Botanical Museum leaflets V5 * Harvard University * sample image * 1938
Botanical Museum leaflets V6 * Harvard University * sample image * 1938
Botanical Museum leaflets V7 * Harvard University * sample image * 1939
Botanical Museum leaflets V8 * Harvard University * sample image * 1940
Botanical Museum leaflets V9 * Harvard University * sample image * 1941
Botanical Museum leaflets V10 * Harvard University * sample image * 1942
Botanical Museum leaflets V11 * Harvard University * sample image * 1945
Botanical Museum leaflets V12 * Harvard University * sample image * 1947
Botanical Museum leaflets V13 * Harvard University * sample image * 1949
Botanical Museum leaflets V14 * Harvard University * sample image * 1951
Botanical Museum leaflets V15 * Harvard University * sample image * 1952
Botanical Museum leaflets V16 * Harvard University * sample image * 1954
Natural History of New York Div 2 Part 1 * Kay, James, e. De * sample image * 1843
Natural History of New York Div 2 Part 2 * Kay, James, e. De * sample image * 1843
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection this month – available for browsing on Internet Archive. The first 4 books in August were Japanese flower books by Bairei Kono from 1901 – the year one of my grandfathers was born.
The next three were published in the mid-1800s…not exactly botanical print books but about plants – their depiction, relationship to religion, and uses.
The next three are research publications from the Missouri Botanical Garden published in 1991.
The remaining 10 books are George Engelmann’s scanned botanical notebooks from the mid-1800s. He evidently made his notebooks from whatever paper was available…and used a variety of pencils!
Overall – quite a range of publications!
The whole list of 2,695 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the August 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the August 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Sōka hyakushu V1 pt 1 * Kono, Bairei * sample image * 1901
Sōka hyakushu V1 pt 2 * Kono, Bairei * sample image * 1901
Sōka hyakushu V2 pt 1 * Kono, Bairei * sample image * 1901
Sōka hyakushu V2 pt 2 * Kono, Bairei * sample image * 1901
Lessons in flower painting * Andrews, James * sample image * 1836
A scripture herbal * Callcott, Maria * sample image * 1842
Wanderings among the wild flowers :how to see and how to gather them : with remarks on the economical and medicinal uses of our native plants * Thomson, Spencer * sample image * 1857
The ethnobotany of Aublet's histoire des plantes de la Guiane Françoise (1775) * Plotkin, Mark J.; Boom, Brian M., Allison, Malorye * sample image * 1991
Flora of Nigeria, Caryophyllale * Ghazanfar, Shahina A. * sample image * 1991
Pollen and spores of Barro Colorado Island * Roubik, David W.; Moreno, Jorge Enrique * sample image * 1991
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 38 : Yucca (Agavaceae) * Englmann, George * sample image * 1851
George Engelmann: botanical notebook 4 : Callitrichaceae * Englmann, George * sample image * 1860
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 18 : Gentianaceae * Engelmann, George * sample image * 1847
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 21 : Cuscuta * Engelmann, George * sample image * 1839
George Engelmann : botanical notebook 27 : Nyctagineae, Chenopodiaceae, Polygonaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Loranthaceae, Urticaceae, Platanaceae, Juglandaceae, Fagaceae, Betulaceae, Salicaceae * Engelmann, George * sample image * 1842
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 10 : Phyllocactus, Disocactus, Epiphyllum, Lepismium, Rhipsalis * Englmann, George * sample image * 1856
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 45 : Polyanthus, Sagittaria, Echinodorus, Najadaceae, Najas, Potamogetonaceae, Cyperaceae, Gramineae * Engelmann, George * sample image * 1840
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 9 : Echinocereus, Cereus, Eulychnia, Pilocereus * Engelmann, George * sample image * 1846
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 8 : Cereus * Engelmann, George * sample image * 1846
George Engelmann :botanical notebook 57 : Juniperus * Englmann, George * sample image * 1850
Twenty-one more books were added to the botanical print collection this month. Eight of the books are ‘nature prints’ (a process in which an object as a leaf or flower) is pressed into a plane surface to make either a direct printing surface or a matrix); the images made via nature print this month were from the late 1700s.
Garden Books from Montgomery Ward from a few years before and after I was born are available on Internet Archive…clues about what home gardeners were planting during those years.
The most recent book was about liverworts and hornwarts of New Zealand – published in 2008. I chose a drawing for the sample image but there were many color photographs as well.
There were 3 volumes of American Grasses from 1899-1900 and 3 volumes of flora from the Pacific states from the 1944-1960.
Overall – quite a range of publications!
The whole list of 2,675 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the July 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the July 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V1 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1787
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V2 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1788
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V3 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1788
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V4 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1789
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V5 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1789
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V6 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1790
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V7 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1791
Ectypa plantarum Ratisbonensium, oder Abdrücke derjenigen Pflanzen, welche um Regensburg wild wachsen V8 * Hoppe, David Heinrich * sample image * 1791
The Garden Book - Montgomery Ward - 1949 * Montgomery Ward * sample image * 1949
The Garden Book - Montgomery Ward - 1950 * Montgomery Ward * sample image * 1950
The Garden Book - Montgomery Ward - 1951 * Montgomery Ward * sample image * 1951
The Garden Book - Montgomery Ward - 1952 * Montgomery Ward * sample image * 1952
The Garden Book - Montgomery Ward - 1953 * Montgomery Ward * sample image * 1953
The Garden Book - Montgomery Ward - 1954 * Montgomery Ward * sample image * 1954
A flora of the liverworts and hornworts of New Zealand * Engel, John J.; Glenny, David * sample image * 2008
American grasses. I, Descriptions of the species * Lamson-Scribner, F. * sample image * 1900
American grasses. II, Descriptions of the species * Lamson-Scribner, F. * sample image * 1899
American grasses. III, Descriptions of the species * Lamson-Scribner, F. * sample image * 1900
An illustrated flora of the Pacific states - Washington, Oregon, & California V2 * Abrams, Leroy; Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield * sample image * 1944
An illustrated flora of the Pacific states - Washington, Oregon, & California V3 * Abrams, Leroy; Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield * sample image * 1951
An illustrated flora of the Pacific states - Washington, Oregon, & California V4 * Abrams, Leroy; Ferris, Roxana Stinchfield * sample image * 1960
Twenty-one more books were added to the botanical print collection this month. I took a break from the Australian Orchid Review in June…found a lot of variety. The earliest book is from 1736….the most recent from 2020. Seven of the books are ‘nature prints’ (a process in which an object as a leaf or flower) is pressed into a plane surface to make either a direct printing surface or a matrix); the image made via nature print this month were from the mid to late 1800s. I found more recent volumes for the publication from the Arnold Arboretum; I’d added the bulk of the volumes to my list of botanical eBooks back in 2021.
My favorite image from the books this month is the nature print of Cucurbita Pepo from Carlo Perini’s Flora dell'Italia setentrionale e del Tirolo meridionale : rappresentata colla fisiotipia V3.
My favorite image from the books this month is the nature print of Cucurbita Pepo from Carlo Perini’s Flora dell'Italia setentrionale e del Tirolo meridionale : rappresentata colla fisiotipia V3.
The whole list of 2,654 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the June 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the June 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Flowers from Nature * Everard, Anne * sample image * 1835
English wild flowers * Burgess, Joseph Tom * sample image * 1868
Backyard Foraging * Madigan, Carleen * sample image * 2009
Ectypa vegetabilium * Ludwig, Christian Gottlieb * sample image * 1760
Flora dell'Italia setentrionale e del Tirolo meridionale : rappresentata colla fisiotipia V1 * Perini, Carlo * sample image * 1854
Flora dell'Italia setentrionale e del Tirolo meridionale : rappresentata colla fisiotipia V2 * Perini, Carlo * sample image * 1854
Designing with wild flowers : a textbook of practical methods for teachers and students * Smith, Nettie Sylvia * sample image * 1927
Flora dell'Italia setentrionale e del Tirolo meridionale : rappresentata colla fisiotipia V3 * Perini, Carlo * sample image * 1854
Plant analysis, distemper color, bookcover designing, carpet designing, oilcloth and linoleum designing, wallpaper designing, the American vignola, color harmony * International Textbook Company * sample image * 1905
Arnoldia - v.76:no.3 (2019) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2019
Arnoldia - v.76:no.4 (2019) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2019
Arnoldia - v.77:no.1 (2019) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2019
Arnoldia - v.77:no.2 (2019) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2019
Arnoldia - v.77:no.3 (2020) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2020
Arnoldia - v.77:no.4 (2020) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2020
Arnoldia - v.78:no.1 (2020) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2020
Arnoldia - v.78:no.2 (2020) * Arnold Arboretum * sample image * 2020
Vegetabilium omnium generum icones * H.W.S * sample image * 1736
Impressions of Seedlings V1 * Coulson, John * sample image * 1899
Impressions of Seedlings V2 * Coulson, John * sample image * 1899
Impressions of Seedlings V3 * Coulson, John * sample image * 1899
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection this month. The first one is a monograph about oxalis, the next three are journals from the California Botanical Society from 1916-1936, then 16 volumes of the Australian Orchid Review from 2006 - 2009. For the orchid volumes, I picked sample images that demonstrated the publications’ photography – particularly of orchids growing in natural settings and slipper orchids. There are Australian Orchid Review volumes I’ll browse in June as well.
The whole list of 2,633 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the May 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the May 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Monographie der amerikanischen Oxalis-Arten * Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhhard * sample image * 1825
Madroño : a West American journal of botany V. 1: no. 1-3 (1916-1922) * Jepson, Willis Linn (editor); California Botanical Society * sample image * 1922
Madroño : a West American journal of botany V. 2 (1930-1934) * Jepson, Willis Linn (editor); California Botanical Society * sample image * 1934
Madroño : a West American journal of botany V. 3 (1935-1936) * Jepson, Willis Linn (editor); California Botanical Society * sample image * 1936
Australian Orchid Review 2009 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2009
Australian Orchid Review 2008 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2008
Australian Orchid Review 2008 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2008
Australian Orchid Review 2008 (June/July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2008
Australian Orchid Review 2008 - 2009 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2009
Australian Orchid Review 2008 (February/March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2008
Australian Orchid Review 2008 (April/May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2008
Australian Orchid Review 2007 (February/March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2007
Australian Orchid Review 2007 (August/September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2007
Australian Orchid Review 2007 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2007
Australian Orchid Review 2007 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2007
Australian Orchid Review 2007 (June/July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2007
Australian Orchid Review 2007 - 2008 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2008
Australian Orchid Review 2006 - 2007 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2007
Australian Orchid Review 2006 (February/March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2006
Australian Orchid Review 2006 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2006
Twenty-one more books were added to the botanical print collection this month, and all are about orchids: the Australian Orchid Review from 2009 - 2012. I picked sample images that demonstrated the publications’ photography – particularly of orchids growing in natural settings. Most times people see orchids are in cultivated settings: conservatories, green houses, flower arrangements. Seeing them in the wild is a challenge. The ones native to North America are often small or rare…or both! The Australian Orchid Review has articles primarily on Australian orchid growing…and native orchids of Australia and its nearest neighbors. I’ll continue browsing more volumes in May!
The whole list of 2,613 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the April 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the April 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Australian Orchid Review 2012 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2012
Australian Orchid Review 2012 - 2013 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2013
Australian Orchid Review 2012 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2012
Australian Orchid Review 2012 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2012
Australian Orchid Review 2011 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2011
Australian Orchid Review 2011 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2011
Australian Orchid Review 2011 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2011
Australian Orchid Review 2011 - 2012 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2012
Australian Orchid Review 2011 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2011
Australian Orchid Review 2011 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2011
Australian Orchid Review 2010 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2010
Australian Orchid Review 2010 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2010
Australian Orchid Review 2010 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2010
Australian Orchid Review 2010 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2010
Australian Orchid Review 2010 - 2011 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2011
Australian Orchid Review 2010 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2010
Australian Orchid Review 2009 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2009
Australian Orchid Review 2009 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2009
Australian Orchid Review 2009 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2009
Australian Orchid Review 2009 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2009
Australian Orchid Review 2009 - 2010 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2010
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection this month and most are about orchids: 19 volumes of the Australian Orchid Review from 2012 to 2015. I picked sample images that demonstrated the publications’ photography and drawings. I’ll continue browsing more volumes in April! The very first volume on the list is the only one not from Internet Archive; it is a recently published book - Pollinator-Friendly Parks - that I am using as a reference as I reduce the ‘turf’ in my yard. It is available free from the Xerces Society.
The whole list of 2,592 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the March 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the March 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Pollinator-Friendly Parks * Frischie, Stephanie; Code, Aimee; Shepherd, Matt; Black, Scott; Hoyle, Sarah; Selvaggio, Sharon; Laws, Angela; Dunham, Rachel; Vaughan, Mace * sample image * 2021
Australian Orchid Review 2015 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2015
Australian Orchid Review 2015 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2015
Australian Orchid Review 2015 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2015
Australian Orchid Review 2015 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2015
Australian Orchid Review 2015 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2015
Australian Orchid Review 2015 - 2016 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2016
Australian Orchid Review 2014 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2014
Australian Orchid Review 2014 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2014
Australian Orchid Review 2014 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2014
Australian Orchid Review 2014 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2014
Australian Orchid Review 2014 - 2015 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2015
Australian Orchid Review 2013 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2013
Australian Orchid Review 2013 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2013
Australian Orchid Review 2013 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2013
Australian Orchid Review 2013 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2013
Australian Orchid Review 2013 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2013
Australian Orchid Review 2013 - 2014 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2014
Australian Orchid Review 2012 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2012
Australian Orchid Review 2012 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2012
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection this month and they are about orchids: 20 volumes of the Australian Orchid Review from 2016 to 2019. I picked sample images that demonstrated the publications’ photography and drawings. I’ll continue browsing more volumes in March!
The whole list of 2,572 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the February 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the February 2023 eBotanical Prints!
Australian Orchid Review 2019 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2019
Australian Orchid Review 2019 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2019
Australian Orchid Review 2019 - 2020 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2020
Australian Orchid Review 2018 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2018
Australian Orchid Review 2018 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2018
Australian Orchid Review 2018 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2018
Australian Orchid Review 2018 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2018
Australian Orchid Review 2018 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2018
Australian Orchid Review 2018 - 2019 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2019
Australian Orchid Review 2017 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2017
Australian Orchid Review 2017 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2017
Australian Orchid Review 2017 (June - July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2017
Australian Orchid Review 2017 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2017
Australian Orchid Review 2017 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2017
Australian Orchid Review 2017 - 2018 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2018
Australian Orchid Review 2016 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2016
Australian Orchid Review 2016 (August - September) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2016
Australian Orchid Review 2016 (October - November) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2016
Australian Orchid Review 2016 - 2017 (December - January) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2017
Australian Orchid Review 2016 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2016
Twenty more books were added to the botanical print collection this month. Two series were from Australia: 8 volumes of A Critical Revision of the Genus Eucalyptus and 3 volumes of the Australian Orchid Review (there are many more volumes of the orchid review that I will browse in February). And there were two additional books about Australian plants: A manual of the grasses of New South Wales and How to know western Australian wildflowers.
The whole list of 2,552 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the January 2023 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the January 2023 eBotanical Prints!
The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants * Prusinkiewicz, Przemyslaw; Lindenmayer, Aristid * sample image * 1990
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V1 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1909
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V2 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1914
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V3 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1917
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V4 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1920
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V5 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1922
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V6 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1924
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V7 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1929
A Critical Revision of the genus Eucalyptus V8 * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1929
A Manual of the grasses in New South Wales * Maiden, Joseph Henry * sample image * 1898
Trees Of Northeastern United States Native And Naturalized * Brown, Harold Philip * sample image * 1938
Cotton in India * Sikka, S.M.; Singh, Arjan et al * sample image * 1962
House Plants * Van Tress, Robert * sample image * 1937
A description of the genus Pinus V1 * Bauer, Ferdinand; Lambert, Alymer Bourke * sample image * 1803
A description of the genus Pinus V2 * Bauer, Ferdinand; Lambert, Alymer Bourke * sample image * 1803
Malcolm Howie Watercolors * Howie, Malcolm * sample image * 1935
How to know Western Australian wildflowers : a key to the flora of the extratropical regions of Western Australia * Blackall, William Edward * sample image * 1900
Australian Orchid Review 2019 (February - March) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2019
Australian Orchid Review 2019 (April - May) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2019
Australian Orchid Review 2019 (June July) * Orchid Society of New South Wales * sample image * 2019
Another 20 botanical books in December. I started out the month with 12 volumes about mosses of North America published by A. J. Grout; the Wikipedia entry says that he taught at Curtis High School in Staten Island from 1908 to 1930…and evidently kept his primary focus on mosses for his entire adult life.
This month also includes 2 books by Agnes Arber (a British botanist) and one by her husband Edward Alexander Newell Arber (a botanist/paleontologist). The Wikipedia article on Agnes reflects the challenging research situation for female academics of her time.
George Vasey was a British-born American botanist of the US Department of Agriculture. Three of his books about grasses finish out the December botanical print books.
The whole list of 2,532 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the December 2022 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the December 2022 eBotanical Prints!
Moss Flora Of North America Volume I Part 1 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1936
Moss Flora Of North America Volume I Part 2 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1936
Moss Flora Of North America Volume I Part 4 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1939
Moss Flora Of North America Volume II * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1940
Moss Flora Of North America Volume II Part 1 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1933
Moss Flora Of North America Volume II Part 2 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1935
Moss Flora Of North America Volume III * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1906
Moss Flora Of North America Volume III Part 1 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1928
Moss Flora Of North America Volume III Part 2 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1931
Moss Flora Of North America Volume III Part 3 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1932
Moss Flora Of North America Volume III Part 3 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1934
Moss Flora Of North America Volume II Part 3 * Grout, A. J. * sample image * 1935
Water Plants - A study of aquatic angiosperms * Arber, Agnes * sample image * 1920
Herbals, their origin and evolution; a chapter in the history of botany, 1470-1670 * Arber, Agnes * sample image * 1912
Devonian floras; a study of the origin of Cormophyta * Arber, Edward Alexander Newell; Arber, Agnes Robertson * sample image * 1921
The ferns (filicales) V1 * Bower, Frederick Orpen * sample image * 1928
Plant-life * Hall, Charles Albert * sample image * 1915
Illustrations of North American Grasses V1 - Grasses of the Southwest * Vasey, George * sample image * 1891
Illustrations of North American Grasses V2 - Grasses of the Pacific Slope * Vasey, George * sample image * 1893
The agricultural grasses of the United States * Vasey, George * sample image * 1884
In the early 1900s, Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard published a series of books written by immigrants about their early years in the country where they were born. The books were illustrated with photographs and a few drawings. The series is a reminder of how diverse the American population had become by the 1900s and provide a snapshot of growing up in the 1800s by people reflecting on their early years in a country they might never has seen again once they left. Enjoy the 18 books in the series available on Internet Archive!
When I was a boy in Armenia (1926) -- When I was a girl in Switzerland (1921)
When I was a girl in Wales (1936) -- When I was a girl in Iceland (1919)
When I was a girl in Bavaria (1932) -- When I was a girl in Sweden (1926)
When I was a girl in Mexico (1919) -- When I was a girl in Holland (1917)
When I was a girl in Hungary (1930) -- When I was a girl in Australia (1932)
When I was a girl in France (1925) -- When I was a boy in Persia (1920)
When I was a boy in Belgium (1915) -- When I was a boy in Russia (1916)
When I was a boy in Korea (1928) -- When I was a boy in Ireland (1936)
When I was a boy in Turkey (1924) -- When I was a boy in Denmark (1923)
Coles Phillips was an illustrator known for his stylish images of women for books, advertisements, and the covers of popular magazines. I browsed two of his books on Internet Archive recently:
A Gallery of Girls (1911)
A Young Man's Fancy (1912)
More of his magazine covers can also be found on Internet Archive (list here).
He died relatively young in June 1927; Life magazine featured one of his creations on the cover in July 1927 (and a 2-page illustrated obituary). His last Life magazine cover was in September 1927. The illustrations are available from Internet Archive via the link above.
He was one of the artists that depicted the greater freedoms of women in the 1920s. I wondered, as I realized how young he had been when he died, how his art would have evolved had he lived through the great depression and World War II.
Another 20 botanical books in November. Four works by Ethelbert Blatter (best known as a pioneering botanist in British India) available on Internet Archive were browsed as well as 3 authored by Frederick Orpen Bower. I noticed that I’d missed browsing the 3rd volume of Bower’s The Ferns until I was writing this post – so I’ll include it with the December books.
The whole list of 2,512 botanical eBooks can be accessed here. The list for the November 2022 books with links to the volumes and sample images is at the bottom of this post.
Click on any sample images in the mosaic below to get an enlarged version. Enjoy the November 2022 eBotanical Prints!
Lehrbuch der Botanik fur Hochschullen * Strasburger, Eduard, Noll, Fritz, Schenck, Henrich, et al * sample image * 1923
A history of British ferns * Newman, Edward * sample image * 1874
My Shrubs * Pillipotts, Eden * sample image * 1915
Plant-geography upon a physiological basis * Schimper, Andreas Franz, Wilhelm; Fisher, William Rogers et al * sample image * 1903
Cape Flowers at Home 1929 - Series I * Marloth, Rudolf * sample image * 1929
Das Kapland * Marloth, Rudolf; Schimper, Andreas Franz Wilhelm * sample image * 1908
The origin of a land flora : a theory based upon the facts of alternation * Bower, Frederick Orpen * sample image * 1908
The ferns (filicales) V1 * Bower, Frederick Orpen * sample image * 1923
The ferns (filicales) V2 * Bower, Frederick Orpen * sample image * 1923
Manuel complet de l'amateur de roses : leur monographie, leur histoire, et leur culture * Boitard, Pierre * sample image * 1836
Beautiful flowers of Kashmir Beautiful flowers of Kashmir V1 * Blatter, Ethelbert; Withen, G.A.; Walli, Haldar Joo * sample image * 1929
Beautiful flowers of Kashmir Beautiful flowers of Kashmir V2 * Blatter, Ethelbert; Withen, G.A.; Walli, Haldar Joo * sample image * 1929
The Bombay Grasses * Blatter, Ethelbert; McCann, Charles * sample image * 1935
The Ferns of Bombay * Blatter, Ethelbert; Almeida, Joseph Francis * sample image * 1922
Popular studies of California wild flowers * Rice, Bertha Marguete; Rice, Roland * sample image * 1920
Mistletoe and holly * Prior, Sophia; Frey, Albert * sample image * 1939
Carnivorous plants * Prior, Sophia * sample image * 1939
Coffee * Dahlgren, Bror Eric * sample image * 1938
Tropical and Subtropical Fruits * Dahlgren, Bror Eric * sample image * 1947
Common Mushrooms * Pray, Leon Luther; Dahlgren, Bror Ericc * sample image * 1936
I am featuring 5 books, available from Internet Archive, by Norwegian explorer and ethnographer, Carl Lumholtz. His way of working influenced the field of ethnography – broadening the field to include of social relationships, attitudes, and the role of women. The illustrations from 4 books about his work in Mexico skew toward material culture – which was, from the beginning, part of ethnography; he spent longer in the field than most researchers of the time. He was in Mexico off and on between 1890 and 1910.
Decorative art of the Huichol Indians (1904)
New Trails in Mexico (1912)
Unknown Mexico V1 (1902)
Unknown Mexico V2 (1902)
His expedition to Borneo was from 1915-1918 and it turned out to be his last. The sample image I chose from this book is a high-status couple. I was intrigued by the woman’s clothing…of the different kinds of materials and where they might have originated.
Through Central Borneo (1920)
Lumholtz died in 1922 of tuberculosis.
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