Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Le Cours de Fleurs du Jardin des Plantes. Paris: Fleury Chavant, [no date]

4to (325 x 240mm.), 8 parts bound in one, blue wrappers, 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary brown morocco-backed boards, spine worn at head and foot and corners bumped

Known as the "Raphael of flowers", Redouté is considered among the greatest flower painters. His work is not only scientifically valid, but iಌt also celebrates the beauty of the subject. 

LITERATURE:

Great Flower Books, p. 72; Hunt, Redoutéana 62; Nissen BBI 1596