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-Wordsworth Editions (1990)-. First Wordsworth Editions edition 1990. 342 pages. Complete series of 167 paintings. Illustrated in colour throughout. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket with a very small nick to the laminate on the spine. First published in parts between 1817 and 1824, this collection of 167 botanical prints was intended as a scientific treatise. Produced in collaboration with the botanist Claude-Antoine Thory, it achieved early fame for the beauty of the illustrations which show the glory and infinite variety of the rose. Pierre-Joseph Redoute was known in his time as "the Raphael of flowers". He was fortunate in his patronage, enjoying the favours of Queen Marie-Antoinette and the Empress Josephine, whose gardens at Malmaison inspired Redoute, though she did not live to see her protege's great work. The stipple-engraving of the original plates was a process that Redoute learnt in England in 1786 was perfectly matched to the delicacy and accuracy of the original paintings. We are…
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- Title Redoute's Roses
- Author Redoute, P.J
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition New edition
- Pages 336
- Publisher Secaucus, NJ Wellfleet, Ware
- Date 1990
- ISBN 9781853269523
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