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Les Liliacees by Pierre-Joseph Redoute - 1802-1816
COMPLETE in 8 Volumes
+ BONUS - 4 rare antique books with flowers, plants, herbs.
on 2 DVD's
These 2 data DVD's contain the FAMOUS Les Liliacees - 1802-1816, Complete in 8 Volumes, by Pierre-Joseph Redoute in facsimile as HIGH RESOLUTION images, meaning that in most cases every page of the real book corresponds to an image. The resolution of these images is approx. 4600x6900 pixels. The book has about 1500 pages. Also you will have as a BONUS, other 4 rare antique books about flowers, plants, herbs and you can see the titles of the books below.
Pierre-Joseph Redoute (July 10, 1759 in Saint-Hubert, Luxembourg – June 19, 1840 in Paris), was a Belgian painter and botanist, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. He was nicknamed "The Raphael of flowers".
He was an official court artist of Queen Marie Antoinette, and he continued painting through the French Revolution and Reign of Terror. Redoute survived the turbulent political upheaval to gain international recognition for his precise renderings of plants, which remain as fresh in the early 21st century as when first painted.
Paris was the cultural and scientific centre of Europe during an outstanding period in botanical illustration (1798 – 1837), one noted for the publication of several folio books with coloured plates. Enthusiastically, Redouté became an heir to the tradition of the Flemish and Dutch flower painters Brueghel, Ruysch, van Huysum and de Heem. Redoute contributed over 2,100 published plates depicting over 1,800 different species, many never rendered before.
Below you will see some sample pages (sizes reduced) from this amazing book which you will find on these 2 data DVD's. |
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