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| Author | Pierre-Joseph Redouté |
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| Language | French |
| Publisher | Ernest Panckoucke, Paris |
| Publication date | 1827 |
| Publication place | France |
Choix des plus belles fleurs (The most beautiful flowers) is a book of watercolors by the Belgian artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté. It has 144 color pictures reproduced by copperplates.[1]
Description
[edit]The full title in French is Choix des plus belles fleurs et de quelques branches des plus beaux fruits: Dédié à LL. AA. RR. les princesses Louise et Marie d'Orléans (1827). A folio edition was printed with color pages in Paris in 1827.[2]
From May 1827 to June 1833 144 special pages were printed with pictures. The work consisted of 36 parts, each containing four pictures of flowers, flowering trees or fruits.[3]
Redouté worked for half a century as an art teacher of French queens and princesses. He dedicated the book of beautiful flowers and fruits to his pupils Louise and Princess Marie of Orléans.[4]
Flowers and Fruit
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Das Schweizer Buch". 1986.
- ↑ "First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art". 1870.
- ↑ "George Glazer Gallery - Antique Botanical Prints - Flower Prints from Redoute's Choix des Plus Belle Fleurs". Archived from the original on 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2016-04-29.
- ↑ "Rare Book Room".
External links
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