Mrs. Delany & Her Circle. Laird, M. & Weisberg-Roberts, A. (Eds.). Botany Illustrated

pp.xi, 283 with col. & b/w. illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw. Mrs Delany was an amateur artist, woman of fashion and commentator on life and society in eighteenth century England. This ambitious book is the first to survey the full range of Mrs Delany's creative endeavours; in particular, her botanical collages, or paper mosaiks . Published to accompany the exhibition on Mrs Delany and Her Circle at the Yale Center for British Art and the Sir John Soane Museum in 2010.