Les Roses (French Edition) [CD-ROM]

Pierre-Joseph Redoute (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1891788280 | ISBN-13: 978-1891788284 | Publication Date: December 2002

No flower painter has so linked his name and immortality with a single genus as has Redouté with the rose. The three-volume Les Roses is Redouté’s most famous work, and its 170 hand-colored plates the most frequently reproduced of all botanicial illustrations. Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840) was born into a family of Belgian painters, and at the age of 23 left for Paris to pursue his studies. He ultimately served as drawing master to the queens and princesses of France for half a century, from Marie Antoinette to Marie Amélie. Many of the paintings for Les Roses were made from the hundreds of varieties in the Empress Josephine’s rose garden at Malmaison. This Octavo Edition reproduces one of only five copies printed in large folio format on vélin paper, with a double set of plates, plain and colored, and includes, for the first time, a complete English translation. Commentary by Sandra Raphael.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A collection filled with the most breathtaking illustrations of roses I have ever seen. -- Canadian Gardening, May 2003

Les Roses was produced under the patronage of the Empress Josephine, and it reproduces roses from her garden and others. -- The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Newsletter, February 2004

Octavo editions give readers a firsthand experience of a milestone text: each includes page-by-page views, expert commentaries, and appropriate "marginalia." -- University of Chicago Magazine, October 2004

The masterwork of Belgian botanical painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté can now be enjoyed magnified up to 200 percent of original size. -- Country Living, June 2003

From the Publisher

Imaged from The Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection of the Library of Congress

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 866 pages
• Publisher: Octavo (December 2002)
• Language: French
• ISBN-10: 1891788280
• ISBN-13: 978-1891788284
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,108,774 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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