The Highgrove Florilegium : watercolours depicting plants grown in the garden at Highgrove / [at the invitation of HRH The Prince of Wales]
- Bib ID:
- 4704207
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London : Addison Publications for the Prince's Charities Foundation, c2008-2009
- 2 v. : col. ill. ; 67 cm.
- Summary:
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Watercolour paintings depicting plants grown in the Garden of HRH The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall at Highgrove in Gloucestershire.
- Full contents:
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- Vol.1 : plates 1-61
- Vol. 2 : plates 62-124.
- Notes:
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- Text by Christopher Humphries and Frederick J. Rumsey ; preface by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
- At foot of title: Prince's Charities Foundation.
- List of contributing artists include artists from Australia, Canada, Japan and United States. Australian artists includes: Beverly Allen (plates 2, 105) -- Fiona McKinnon (plate 37) -- Anne O'Connor (plates 1, 59) -- John Pastoriza-Pinol (plate 99) -- Jenny Phillips (plates 5, 34, 74)
- Limited edition of 175 sets.
- Binding designed and supervised by James Brockman.
- Colour plates reproduced in their original size from watercolour drawings; each plate blind embossed to record the copyright of A.G. Carrick Ltd, with the plate and edition numbers added in pencil; each plate signed by the artist.
- Printed by stochastic lithography on 245 gsm American Cotton paper for the colour plates and on 175 gsm Somerset Bookwove text paper; half-bound in red goatskin with marbled paper boards; sprinkled edges; hand finished with gold leaf tooling on spine; text set in Fairbank and Bembo Book types; accompanied by handmade green felt book cover with maroon ties.
- Library's copy accompanied by 1 portfolio (1 folded sheet, 1 envelope, 1 col. photograph, photocophy of newspaper article and five sheets).
- Library's copy signed by Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales.
- Library's copy of Vol. 1 is No. 111 of 175 set. Library's copy of Vol. 2 is unnumbered.
- Accompanying felt cover is held in the Coldstore.
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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