A Beautiful Sketchbook (Kew Gardens: Leaves and Flowers by Marianne North) - Flame Tree Publishing

Beautiful and luxurious sketchbooks combine high-quality craftsmanship with exquisite art. Perfect as a gift, the thick paper makes them ideal for sketching and drawing. They feature a wide range of well-known and contemporary artists, with new works published throughout the year.

BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED. Carefully crafted covers are printed on foil paper, embossed, and then foil-embossed, complemented by a luxurious binding and ribbon bookmarks. The covers are created by our artists and designers, who spend many hours transforming original artworks into stunning 3D masterpieces that feel great in the hand and look fantastic on a desk or table.

ARTIST. The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew is a world-renowned center of botanical and mycological knowledge. Kew has a gallery dedicated to the works of the extraordinary Victorian artist Marianne North, who had a keen eye for botanical detail. She set out in 1871 on a painting expedition around the world’s flora. North’s journey to South Africa was one of her last, alongside trips to Seychelles and Chile.

FINAL WORD. As William Morris said: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”

Amazing titles and a wide range of authors are the hallmark of Flame Tree Publishing.

“The aim… is to wipe the dust of everyday life from our souls” — Pablo Picasso.

“Flame Tree Publishing has been clearing the dust of everyday life for over twenty years, creating illustrated books since 1992, art calendars since 1998, and illustrated e-books since 2009. Their extensive list includes powerful and eloquent artists such as Erté and Alphonse Mucha, complemented by extensive licenses in their award-winning calendar line, with collaborations with Tate, V&A, RSC, RA, and many others.

Thanks to a wide range of authors, editors, and writers—from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Steve Hackett, John Howe, Sir George Martin, Brian May, Paul du Noyer, Paco Peña, Stanley Sadie—the company strives to create illustrated projects that are affordable, useful, and beautiful. In addition to printed titles, their exceptional selection of practical cookbooks, music books, pop culture, and lifestyle titles is increasingly available in digital formats. The publisher believes that well-reviewed, thoughtfully curated content should be available in many formats to meet their readers’ needs.