Jardin De La Malmaison Empress Josephine's Garden with an essay by Marina Heilmeyer by H. Walter Lack ISBN 13: 9783791331850

Prestel Pub. Very Good. 2004. Hardcover. 379133185X . Glorious book! But, red silk marred by water, including lines on the spine and paper label, and of course on the covers. No odor, no sticking. Slip case with little evidence of water. Not horrible, really, but a shame. Interior and edges fine. ; 232 X 40 X 345 millimeters; 327 pages .

Satin book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Illustrated slipcase near new, light shelf wear.
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The extraordinary early nineteenth century gardens of Josephine Bonaparte at Malmaison are revealed in this lavish publication. One hundred and twenty colored stipple engravings depict a dazzling array of exotic plants from around the world, while the text tells the fascinating story of how the first wife of Napoleon I came to transform a modest estate on the outskirts of Paris into a botanical and zoological garden to rival the great Jardin des Plantes itself.
Keen to have these biological rarities recorded in lifelike watercolor, Josephine engaged the foremost plant illustrator of the day, Pierre-Joseph Redoute, to paint 120 of them on fine parchment, and commissioned Etienne-Pierre Ventenat, librarian of the Pantheon in Paris, to write accompanying plant… Read More