This fascinating reference offers a crisp pictorial record of foods found on our tables today that emerged thousands of years ago in faraway lands. Scores of rare woodcuts enhance intriguing anecdotes about the origins of grains and coffee, the odysseys of pineapples and peanuts, and the mysteries behind breadfruit, pomegranates, others. Republication of Folklore and Odysseys of Food and Medicinal Plants, originally published by the Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1962.
Folklore and Symbolism of Flowers, Plants and Trees by Ernst Lehner, Johanna Lehner Comprehensive archive of rare, royalty-free illustrations — from ancient Chinese lotus buds to a basket of flowers in a 19th-century Valentine silhouette. Table summarizes symbolic meaning of every known species — from absinth to zinnia.
Plants and Flowers: 1761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers by Alan E. Bessette, William K. Chapman One of the finest, most extensive sources of royalty-free illustrations of the world's plants and flowers, chosen for scientific accuracy, artistic style. Common and botanical Latin names specified. 1,761 black-and-white illustrations.
