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REDOUTE, Les Roses peintes par P. J. Redouté, 1824
REDOUTE, Pierre-Joseph || THORY, Claude Antoine.
Les Roses peintes par P. J. Redouté.
Paris, Panckoucke, 1824-1826.
Two volumes 8vo (246x166 mm), (4)-4 pages and 80 plates with explanation texts / 80 plates with explanation texts. binding : Contemporary quarter calf, gilt flat spines. Some foxings. Darker foxing along the margins of the 33rd and 34dr part (Rosa Gallica agatha, Rosa Parviflora, Rosa Gallica Maheka, Rosa Bifura Pumila, Rosa Alpina Vulgaris, Rosa Hispida). Bindings finelly repaired.
Second edition and the FIRST LARGE OCTAVO edition, published immediately after the original folio and appeared in forty issues from January 10, 1824 to December 27, 1826. Each issue, printed on vellum paper, includes four to seven leaves of text as well only four plates which are reproductions of the folio engravings, engraved here again and colored under Redouté's very eyes. The text sheets contain the descriptions of Claude-Antoine Thory (1757-1827).
A complete copy of the 160 color plates of Redouté's famous roses.
references: Nissen BBI [1599], Stafleu [I, 1044].
Price : 10000 €
European VAT number: FR87515091171
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