Martyn Rix is a botanist and the Editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, and as such has an unrivalled knowledge of botanical art. With a PhD in Botany from the University of Cambridge, he has worked at the University Botanic Garden in Zurich and at the RHS Garden, Wisley and has made many expeditions to different parts of the world, to collect new plants for gardens. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including the highly acclaimed The Botanical Garden.

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• The Origins of Botanical Art • Early Printed Books • The Florilegia • The 17th and 18th Centuries • Botanical Travels to North America • Russian Travellers Across Asia • The Golden Age in England • Travels to Greece and Turkey • The Spanish Colonies in South America • The Golden Age in France • Curtis's Botanical Magazine • The East India Company • China • The Hookers at Kew • French Missionaries in the Far East • Victorian Lady Travellers • Painting Plants in Western China • The Beginning of the 20th Century • The Legacy of Botanical Art. Plus special features on: Leonardo da Vinci • Jacopo Ligozzi • The Velins of France • Maria Sibylla Merian • Linnaeus and Ehret • Joseph Banks • Josephine Bonaparte • Henry Elwes • George Maw and others.

Martyn Rix is a botanist and the Editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, and as such has an unrivalled knowledge of botanical art. With a PhD in Botany from the University of Cambridge, he has worked at the University Botanic Garden in Zurich and at the RHS Garden, Wisley and has made many expeditions to different parts of the world, to collect new plants for gardens. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including the highly acclaimed The Botanical Garden.

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• The Origins of Botanical Art • Early Printed Books • The Florilegia • The 17th and 18th Centuries • Botanical Travels to North America • Russian Travellers Across Asia • The Golden Age in England • Travels to Greece and Turkey • The Spanish Colonies in South America • The Golden Age in France • Curtis's Botanical Magazine • The East India Company • China • The Hookers at Kew • French Missionaries in the Far East • Victorian Lady Travellers • Painting Plants in Western China • The Beginning of the 20th Century • The Legacy of Botanical Art. Plus special features on: Leonardo da Vinci • Jacopo Ligozzi • The Velins of France • Maria Sibylla Merian • Linnaeus and Ehret • Joseph Banks • Josephine Bonaparte • Henry Elwes • George Maw and others.

Martyn Rix is a botanist and the Editor of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, and as such has an unrivalled knowledge of botanical art. With a PhD in Botany from the University of Cambridge, he has worked at the University Botanic Garden in Zurich and at the RHS Garden, Wisley and has made many expeditions to different parts of the world, to collect new plants for gardens. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including the highly acclaimed The Botanical Garden.

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• The Origins of Botanical Art • Early Printed Books • The Florilegia • The 17th and 18th Centuries • Botanical Travels to North America • Russian Travellers Across Asia • The Golden Age in England • Travels to Greece and Turkey • The Spanish Colonies in South America • The Golden Age in France • Curtis's Botanical Magazine • The East India Company • China • The Hookers at Kew • French Missionaries in the Far East • Victorian Lady Travellers • Painting Plants in Western China • The Beginning of the 20th Century • The Legacy of Botanical Art. Plus special features on: Leonardo da Vinci • Jacopo Ligozzi • The Velins of France • Maria Sibylla Merian • Linnaeus and Ehret • Joseph Banks • Josephine Bonaparte • Henry Elwes • George Maw and others.