Redouté. The Book of Flowers - Multilingual Edition - Multilingual

Pierre-Joseph Redouté is here at Kurs. The official court painter of Queen Marie-Antoinette (who allegedly summoned him at midnight to paint a cactus) and the words of Joséphine Bonaparte brought flowers into the highest circles and countered the chaotic upheavals of the French Revolution with the grace of his perfectly drawn blossoms.

This volume combines all the color engravings from Redouté's masterpieces Les Roses (The Roses) and Choix des plus belles fleurs (Selection of the Most Beautiful Flowers), supplemented by the most beautiful plates from Les Liliacées (The Lilies), and evokes the past beauty of Parisian greenhouses and gardens.

Book in German, English and French!