Choix des plus belles fleurs

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]

AuthorPierre-Joseph Redouté
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
PublisherErnest Panckoucke, Paris
Publication date
1827

Description

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

References
  1. "Das Schweizer Buch". 1986.
  2. "First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art". 1870.
  3. "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.
  4. "Rare Book Room".
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