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Lot 7330:
PJ Redoute - Original engraving from Stirpes Novae 1785
Redoute
This rare line engraving of Genista triquetra is Plate XCI from Stirpes novae, aut minus cognitae, quas descriptionibus eticonibus illustravit by Charles-Louis L’Heritier de Brutelle. Published by Philippe-Dionysius Pierres, Paris 1784-1785.
The engravers for this work were Juillet, Milsan, Hubert, Maleuvre and others after drawings by Pierre-Joseph Redoute, L Fossier, Prevost, Jossignoy, Aubriet, Bruguihre, and J. Sowerby. This book is splendid in its spacious descriptions, its charming exotic plates, its implications for taxonomic history; and fascinating as an imposing piece of eighteenth-century bookmaking.
The six fascicles were issued with pagination but leaves unsigned. L’Heritier never completed the work for which at least 120 plates were projected.
Size: approx. 20.25in x 13.25in (51.3cm x 33.7 cm)
Condition: Some spotting in the margin and minor paper loss – please check image carefully.
Some spotting in the margin and minor paper loss - please check image carefully.
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