Description

Abbeville Press [Published Date: 1981]. Soft cover, 112 pp. In very good condition. Glossy illustrated stiff paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners of covers and light overall scuffing and aging. Binding tight. Some binding glue stains on inside of front cover near spine. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. Full color illustrations [From inside of front cover] The realms of art and nature have never been so magically fused as in this stunning collection of roses of the world, illustrated by Pierre-Joseph Redoute, royal flower painter to Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine. This breathtaking treasury, selected from the highly prized original set of 169 engravings, ranges from familiar favorites such as the cabbage rose to the finest and rarest specimens from Josephine's celebrated rose gardens, the largest in the world in her time. As the foremost French botanical illustrator of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Redoute enjoyed a unique position of favor both before and after the French Revolution. His matchless artistry was also admired by Audubon, who made a special trip to Redoute's studio in Paris to exchange work with him. Frank J. Anderson supplements the full-page illustrations with lively commentaries, expanded from the original text by Rene Thory. He relates the history of each Bower and offers full instructions for cultivating roses putting the prototypes within easy reach of the modern gardener.