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Page 13 · DO #1263 · 53_Arber_Box1FF4r
- Collection
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Agnes Robertson Arber (1879–1960) papers
- Item/Folder
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Al 111–Al 125, 1928–1953
- Digital Object
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DO #1263,
page 13
- Collection-level dates
- 1886–1985
Page transcription
As regards "The Art of Botanical Illustration", I have yet to receive the proofs of the index, so publication before June is unlikely. Blunt wrote the book, then handed it over to me; he had dealt admirably with the major figures in the history of botanical illustration, approaching their work from the standpoint of the art critic primarily interested in technique and aesthetic effect, but a large number of lesser known people, whose work is of great interest and sometimes very important from a scientific standpoint, had not come to his notice. I therefore contributed accounts of Belleva, Sturm, Habram, Miss Page, Miss Enson, the Sassi and Mocino drawings, Heyland and many others, and suggested so many additions, alterations and corrections, including the reprinting of Fitz's forgotten but still useful Gard. Chron. articles on botanical drawings that I now appear on the title-page as a joint author!
My book "The Hilies of the World" should appear this April. It has been so long in the press that I now feel about it too you do about your eagerly awaited book on morphology. It is most exasperating to have new information and new opinions and to know of misprints and names which need correction, yet be unable to do anything about it.
As regards bibliographic and taxonomic work I
