探索无穷无尽的植物世界，超过300张美丽、叹为观止的植物图鉴

「本书就像纸上植物展览，值得你细细品味。」

－－《Waitrose Weekend》

「或许有点太早出版了，这绝对是圣诞节最棒的赠礼之一。」

－－《BBC Focus》

继畅销书《Map: Exploring the World》后，PHAIDON出版社再度以精湛的图像推出这本令人惊艳的植物图鉴，超越以往的思维及编排方式，绝对值得热爱植物的读者珍藏。除了精美的植物摄影作品，更结合尖端显微摄影技术，结合水彩、插画及彩印，将迷人及****的植物以全新的影像风格呈现。邀请世界知名植物学家挑选各种植物种类，相同的植物以不同的影像风格呈现及对照，并邀请世界知名的艺术家、摄影师、科学家、植物插画家一同共襄盛举，完成这本豪华、跳脱传统的植物图鉴。其丰富的资料整理及详细精美的描绘，都是人们无论研究或欣赏的美学图鉴。

The ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images ever

Following in the footsteps of the international bestseller Map: Exploring the World, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plants. It combines photographs and cutting-edge micrograph scans with watercolours, drawings, and prints to bring this universally popular and captivating subject vividly to life. Carefully selected by an international panel of experts and arranged in a uniquely structured sequence to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities, this stunning compilation of botanically themed images includes iconic work by celebrated artists, photographers, scientists, and botanical illustrators, as well as rare and previously unpublished images.

Hardcover: 352 pages

Publisher: Phaidon Press; 01 edition (26 Sept. 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-0714871486

Product Dimensions: 26 x 3.8 x 29.8 cm

As featured in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Daily Telegraph, Garden & Gun, Gardens Illustrated, The   Guardian, Martha Stewart Living, Natural History Magazine, New Scientist, Newsweek, The San Francisco   Chronicle, The Seattle Times, Smithsonian, The Sunday Times, Tatler, The Wall Street Journal, and on Atlas   Obscura, BBC Focus, Goop, and mental

——floss

"I am totally mesmerized by the extraordinary range of artists, scientists and technicians represented.   Wonderful and absorbing and loving."

——Edwina von Gal, Landscape Designer

"From the winning cover to the beautiful images inside, Plant is a complete pleasure covering centuries of   botanical art. Artist information and provenance is dutifully recorded. Inspiration and imagination is there for   the taking. This new book is classic Phaidon and bound to be a bestseller."

——David Whitman, Pergola

"300 of the loveliest botanical images ever collated."

——Town and Country

"A glorious visual compendium of plants and flowers that spans thousands of years."

——Atlas Obscura

"The timeless pleasure of looking at plants: a new illustrated book examines mankind's fascination with   making images of plants through the ages... Compton's fascination with what different people have done   within the remit of botanical art jumps out of every one of Plant's pages. The variety is astounding."

——The Daily Telegraph

"This beautiful new book is like having a botanical art exhibition on your coffee table."

——Waitrose Weekend

"A glorious presentation of how we've represented flora and fauna in art and photography throughout   history."

——Outdoor Photography