The Woodbook
TASCHEN 25 - Special edition!
Revised edition at a new low price
Culled and assembled by Romeyn Beck Hough between 1888 and 1913 in what still remains a stunning and unparalleled achievement, American Woods —originally published in 14 volumes, with actual specimens mounted on card stock—is a work of breathtaking beauty that has set the standard for the study of trees and wood.
TASCHEN`s Wood Book reproduces, in painstaking facsimile, all of the specimen pages from the original volumes; for this purpose we have obtained the use of an extremely rare original set of volumes in very good condition, with minimal damage to the wood cuts. For all trees, now arranged in alphabetical order, three different cross-section cuts of wood are represented (radial, horizontal, and vertical), demonstrating the particular characteristics of the grain and the wealth of colors and textures to be found among the many different wood types. Also included in this special edition are lithographs by Charles Sprague Sargent of the leaves and nuts of most trees, as well as texts describing the trees` geographical origins and physical characteristics.
Interior designers, craftsmen, nature enthusiasts, and artists alike will enjoy this beautiful collection of wood samples which includes many trees that are now very rare or completely extinct.
"The specimens, as things of beauty, are greatly to be prized…. The work is valuable and unique." —The Boston Globe, on the original edition
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 The Woodbook
Leistikow, Prof. Dr. Klaus Ulrich / Thüs, Dr. Holger
Hardcover, slipcase, 16.8 x 24.4 cm (6.6 x 9.6 in.), 800 pages $ 39.99 |
- Reviews (8 items)
"The Woodbook in particular gives me a real sense of what an epic journey knowing our planet's woods really is. R.B. Hough spent much of his adult life cataloging and publishing this work, which is a real masterpiece when held up against any other spread I've seen yet of what's inside the world's woods, and yet it's just a faint scraping at the edge of what there is to know."
Lumberjocks, New York, United States
Lumberjocks, New York, United States
- Clippings (4 items)
TASCHEN The Woodbook: The Complete Plates (Taschen 25th Anniversary)
lumberjocks.com, United States, January 25, 2010
lumberjocks.com, United States, January 25, 2010
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