Redouté. the Book of Flowers 1800-1850 This collection of 15 essays

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Redouté. the Book of Flowers 1800-1850 This collection of 15 essaysFrench flower painter Pierre Joseph Redout (1759 1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleon's wife Josephine, he was dubbed "the Raphael of flowers," and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration. This elegant catalogue brings