Redouté
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Meet Pierre-Joseph Redouté, official court draftsman to Queen Marie Antoinette, favorite of Joséphine Bonaparte, and master of botanical drawing. This collection brings together 144 of his hand-colored engravings of branches, flowers, and fruits from Paris’s most magnificent gardens and greenhouses.
Format:Hardcover
Size:28.5 x 39.5 cm
Pages: 336 pp
Illustrations: 144 examples of Redouté’s flower, branch, and fruit drawings.
ISBN:9783836505154
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