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The Highgrove Florilegium is a limited edition of 175 numbered sets – set number 1/175 being held by His Majesty, who wrote the Preface and has signed each numbered set. Royalties are donated to The Prince of Wales's Charitable Foundation. Book Design and Typography by Iain Bain. Drawings for Vignettes and Endpapers by Richard Shirley Smith.
The watercolours were painted for the book The Highgrove Florilegium, a two-volume set of botanical prints depicting the plants, vegetables, fruit and trees grown in the garden at Highgrove. This publication is a culmination of seven years of work by 72 of the leading botanical artists and is accompanied by text compiled by botanists at the Natural History Museum and was published in 2008 and ...
Florilegium. In medieval Latin, a florilegium (plural florilegia) was a compilation of excerpts or sententia from other writings and is an offshoot of the commonplacing tradition. The word is from the Latin flos (flower) and legere (to gather): literally a gathering of flowers, or collection of fine extracts from the body of a larger work.
A Florilegium is a collection of flower illustrations. The word is Latin and the plural is Florilegia. A number of florilegia have been produced in the past and continue to be made today. A Flora is a botanical record of the plants. associated with a defined geographical area. whether that place be a country, region or habitat.
Chelsea Porcelain Salad Plate. —. £35.00. Sold Out. Excellent. The sale of Highgrove Products, Garden Tours and Events support and enable the life and work of The King’s Foundation. From dinner to dessert, our elegant collection of tableware will have you dining in style. Whether you layer them for a sophisticated table setting or use ...
The Highgrove Florilegium was limited to 175 numbered sets, only two of which are located in public institutions in the United States. MSU Libraries has set #161, acquired in May 2017, purchased with contributions from the Dr. E. James and Geri Potchen History of Horticulture Endowment Fund and the Kim A. Wilcox and Diane Del Buono Endowment for Library Agricultural Collections.
Florilegium Societies aim to compile a record of all the living plants and flowers in a particular garden or place. Such records can be made in a variety of art media used for botanical art e.g. watercolour, pencil, pen and ink. The History of the Florilegium: Florilegium is a latin word and the plural is Florilegia.
