The Green Florilegium. NEW. Hamlyn Octopus Publishing Ltd

Hamlyn Octopus Publishing Ltd

Adrian Desmond

hedges and agroforestry

An interesting history of the nineteenth century collection formed by Edward Hitchcock at Amhurst College

being a much expanded version of the original Field Guide published in 2012

The Green Florilegium. NEW. Hamlyn Octopus Publishing LtdHanne Poulsen. A beautiful full size reproduction of all 178 pages, depicting 395 garden plants, of the seventeenth century florilegium by Hans Simon Holtzbecker now in the Royal Art Collection in Copenhagen. The book is printed on fine heavy art paper and there is an introductory essay detailing all that is known of the life and work and the artist. A very large heavy book. Prestel Publishing, London, 2019. ISBN 9783791358581 Printed cloth covered