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Redouté, Pierre Joseph
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Choix des plus belles fleurs prises dans différentes familles du règne végétal ... 2me. [4me, 6me, 7me, 22me] Livraison. Paris: C.L.F. Pancoucke for the Author, C.L.F. Panckoucke, Treuttel & Würtz, et al, 1833
5 fascicules, 4to (13 3/8 x 10 in.; 340 x 255 mm). Twenty fine stipple-engraved plates before numbers, printed in colors and finished by hand by Langlois, Chapuy, Bessin, and Victor after Redouté; occasional very light marginal spotting. Publisher's brown printed wrappers, in a grey cloth drop-box; some marginal soiling and a few edge tears.
5 fascicules, 4to (13 3/8 x 10 in.; 340 x 255 mm). Twenty fine stipple-engraved plates before numbers, printed in colors and finished by hand by Langlois, Chapuy, Bessin, and Victor after Redouté; occasional very light marginal spotting. Publisher's brown printed wrappers, in a grey cloth drop-box; some marginal soiling and a few edge tears.
Literature
Dunthorne 235; Hunt, Redoutéana 21; Nissen 1591; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8750
Condition
occasional very light marginal spotting. Publisher's brown printed wrappers; some marginal soiling and a few edge tears.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A selection of plates from the "Raphael des Fleurs." "A superb work, one of the finest of all collections of flower prints, showing to full advantage the brilliancy of colour printing ... " (Dunthorne).
The Choix, the last of three major works published by Redouté, appeared in 36 fascicules between 1827 and 1833, in both quarto and folio format, the latter format in very few copies.