Sertum anglicum, seu plantae rariores quae in hortis juxta Londinum

by After Pierre-Joseph RedoutÉ, Charles-Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle

$17,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary blue paper boards, rebacked with brown calf preserving original spine. L'Heritier, a wealthy French nobleman and botanist, published a number of important specimen books in the 1780's, illustrating exotic plants found in Europe. In the process he launched the career of Redouté by publishing his illustrations and by introducing him to the highest levels of Parisian society. In addition he instructed Redouté in plant anatomy, the techniques of dissection,

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