The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun

The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun
Author: Phillip Cribb
Publisher:
Total Pages: 159
Release: 1992
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780802115003

In fin de siecle France, orchid rearing was something of an obsession, and Emile Libreck commissioned artist Brun to paint his rare specimens. The paintings, bound in leather volumes, have been shown only twice since the 1950s. Fifty-nine of Brun's watercolors are beautifully reproduced in this oversized (10.25x13") volume, each captioned in some detail by Phillip Cribb (curator of the orchid herbarium at the [British] Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew). In an illustrated essay, Cribb explains the background of the art of orchid cultivation, and the cutthroat competitiveness of orchid collecting. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

The Library Journal

The Library Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 866
Release: 1993
Genre: Libraries
ISBN:

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.