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Viewing my other listings will show you what I have been collecting for the past half century.  While I was doing that, my wife was building a career as a Floral Artist, Demonstrator and Teacher. This is one of the books from her Floral Art collection, there are others listed.

Published in 1994, this 192 page full glossy book is the story of Gregor Lersch's retrospective into the beginnings of his floristry adventures.  The book is large with colour designs on each page and is in excellent condition. 

The Wellspring of my Floristry

By Gregor Lersch

Published by Donau-Verlag in 1994

A 192 page, profusely illustrated, full colour hardback.

Condition:

The first page includes a unique hand drawn illustration of a vase with floral display, the handwritten text “to Kathleen Cheshire Area March 1996” along with the handwritten signature of “Gregor Lersch”

Book:  Condition is Excellent.  Moderate corner wear on back bottom LH side.  Otherwise very minor edge and corner wear, tight spine, fully intact. Colour remains clean, bright and unblemished. Internally there is a feint remnant of a label on the frontespiece, otherwise all pages are unblemished, clean, white, bright undimmed by their 25 years. All firmly attached to spine.

This book is rarely sold with its original dust-jacket, it is usually discarded after the first decade. However, in our case it has survived, it is made of transparent paper which is a worn with many creases and a few tears.  It has done its job as the book is in just such a good condition.

Dimensions 34 x 25 x 1.9 cm.  Weight 1.6 Kg

Language, English, German & Japanese

Published in 1994, this 192 page full glossy book is the story of Gregor Lersch's retrospective into the beginnings of his floristry adventures.  The book is large with colour designs on each page and is in excellent condition. 

Gregor Lersch was born in 1949 in Bad Neuenahr, Germany and is a renowned designer in the field of international floristry. Gregor Lersch has won many national and international awards and prizes in the field of floristry. Gregor believes that floristry must be suitable for forming part of our lives, and should be in line with the diversity of environment.  He is the author of many inspirational books on floristry design and travels the world promoting European design, demonstrating and inspiring florist and floral artists.

Gregor's concept of combining all styles, architecture, social components, design trends and personality of the artist in floristic work is successful throughout the world.

To date, Gregor has been working in 32 countries and thus he is one of the few interpreters in the world of floral creativity, with such a wide degree of distribution.

ISBN 3871700541