Thornton, Temple of Flora

A stunning achievement in botanical illustration The complete reprint of all color plates from Robert John Thornton's monumental work The Temple of Flora, first published in London in 1799. Presented as 35 loose-leaf Elephant folio-sized color prints as well as a booklet including an introduction and the original texts of the 31 botanical plates TASCHEN's Temple of Flora consists of the following, packaged in a presentation case: a 44-page booklet including author Werner Dressend?rfer's introduction as well as the texts of the 31 botanical plates 33 loose-leaf Elephant folio-sized color prints for browsing or framingDressendörfer, Werner is the author of 'Thornton, Temple of Flora' with ISBN 9783822852736 and ISBN 3822852732.