{"product_id":"botanica-magnifica-portraits-of-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-flowers","title":"Botanica Magnifica: Portraits of the World's Most Extraordinary Flowers","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eBotanica Magnifica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efeatures 250 stunning photographs of rare and exotic plants and flowers by Hasselblad Laureate Award winner Jonathan Singer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBotanica Magnifica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features 250 stunning photographs representing―in the words of an \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eARTnews critic\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e―rare or exotic plants and flowers “in large scale and exquisite detail, emerging from the shadows in a manner evocative of Old Master paintings.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe original edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBotanica Magnifica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, consisting of five lavishly hand-bound volumes, was limited to just ten copies, the first of which was recently donated to the Smithsonian Institution. The extra-large “double-elephant” format of that edition was chosen in homage to the famous double-elephant folio of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Birds of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and indeed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBotanica Magnifica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the few works of natural history ever to rival Audubon’s magnum opus in its scope and artistry. In praise of the double-elephant folio of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBotanica Magnifica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Smithsonian’s Chairman of Botany attested, “Everyone who has seen the photographs…has been tremendously impressed with the power, scale, and depth of the work.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow Singer’s remarkable images are available to the public for the first time in this hardcover with slipcase, baby-elephant folio of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBotanica Magnifica\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This volume is organized into five alphabetically arranged sections, each introduced by a gatefold page that displays one extraordinary plant at a luxurious size. Each pictured plant is accompanied by a clear and accessible description of its botany, geography, folklore, history, and conservation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBotanica Magnifica \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis one of the most impressive volumes of natural history ever published.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e510 full-color illustrations, 5 gatefolds\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Abbeville Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58913890861216,"sku":"BDY826","price":129.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/4287\/4272\/files\/51WAbyjAclL._SL1000.jpg?v=1789441043","url":"https:\/\/blackbookswholesale.com\/products\/botanica-magnifica-portraits-of-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-flowers","provider":"Black Books Wholesale ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}