The Bauers: Joseph, Franz & Ferdinand: Masters Of Botanical Illustration - An Illustrated Biography. Filled with stunning 18th- and 19th-century illustrations of plants and other living creatures, this book is the first to bring together the life and art of the three Bauer Brothers - Joseph, Franz and Ferdinand Bauer - who came to be some of the most celebrated botanical artists of all time. Drawn from all known worldwide sources of the Bauers' extant illustrations, this illustrated history of the Bauers and their work unfolds chronologically. Their detail work, along with their incredibly beautiful and highly developed methods of coloring their paintings, comes to life in numerous superbly reproduced illustrations.