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Munting – 1696

Munting Late 17thCentury hand coloured copper plate botanical engraving.

1696

Munting Collection (unframed) – 1696

Abraham Munting, Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardewassen

Fine copper engravings with later hand colouring. Florilegiums (Botanical works) of this period were produced in the main for scientific studies and research and usually illustrated just the plant itself. What makes Muntings work stand apart is the fashion in which he displayed his speciments (usually) floating above a landscape or village scene. Not satisfied with that, he had the name of the plant within a floating banner.

C. 1696

39 cm x 26 cm (unframed)

Munting Selection (unframed) – 1696

Abraham Munting, Naauwkeurige Beschryving Der Aardewassen. Fine copper engravings with later hand colouring. Florilegiums (Botanical works) of this period were produced in the main for scientific studies and research and usually illustrated just the plant itself. What makes Muntings work stand apart is the fashion in which he displayed his speciments (usually) floating above a landscape or village scene. Not satisfied with that, he had the name of the plant within a floating banner.

1696

Pancovius – Herbarium – 1536 to 1665

Pancovius – Herbarium Scarce 16th Century wood block botanicals, engraved by Peter Holtzmeyer in 1536. They were not published until 1665 by Thomas Pancovius 1536 to 1665

43.5 cm x 34.5 cm

Pancovius – Herbarium (unframed) – 1536 to 1665

Thomas Pancovius – Herbarium (unframed) – 1536 to 1665. Scarce 16th Century wood block botanicals. The wood engraver was Peter Holtzmeyer in 1536. They were not published until 1654 by Thomas Pancovius. Hand coloured and first edition of three.

1654

Redoute – Early 19th Century Redoute hand coloured floral prints

Early 19th Century Redoute hand coloured floral prints

C.1830
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, (10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured stipple engravings.

He was nicknamed “the Raphael of flowers” and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.

In 1786, Redouté began to work at the National Museum of Natural History cataloguing the collections of flora and fauna and participating in botanical expeditions. In 1787, he left France to study plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew near London, returning the following year. In 1792 he was employed by the French Academy of Sciences. In 1798, Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, became his patron and, some years later, he became her official artist. In 1809, Redouté taught painting to Princess Adélaïde of Orléans.

In the 20th and 21st century, numerous exhibitions in Europe, the Americas and Australia have been devoted to the work of Redouté. The Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Library of Congress and other libraries have made many of his works accessible online and reproductions of his prints are available from virtually all print and poster shops.

Principle Works,
Geraniologia, ed Petri-Francisci Didot (1787–88)
Traité des arbres et arbustes que l’on cultive en France, par Duhamel. Nouvelle édition, avec des figures, d’après les dessins de P. J. Redouté, 7 vols. (1800–1819)
Les Liliacées, 8 vols (1802–1816)
Les Roses,3 vols (1817–1824)
(1817–1824 from Library of Congress) or Rare Book Room (1817 from The Warnock Library). Taschen has also published this as part of its 25th Anniversary series.
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph; with Candolle, Augustin Pyramus (1790). Plantes grasses. Levrault.
Choix des plus belles fleurs et de quelques branches des plus beaux fruits. Dédié à LL. AA. RR. les princesses Louise et Marie d’Orléans (1827) Online facsimile – Biodiversity Heritage Library
Catalogue de 486 liliacées et de 168 roses peintes par P.-J. Redouté (1829)
Alphabet Flore (1835)

Categories: Botanicals, Latest Additions, Works of Arts

Redoute – Early 19th Century Redoute hand coloured fruit prints

Early 19th Century Redoute hand coloured fruit prints.

C.1830
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, (10 July 1759 – 19 June 1840), was a painter and botanist from Belgium, known for his watercolours of roses, lilies and other flowers at the Château de Malmaison, many of which were published as large, coloured stipple engravings.

He was nicknamed “the Raphael of flowers” and has been called the greatest botanical illustrator of all time.

In 1786, Redouté began to work at the National Museum of Natural History cataloguing the collections of flora and fauna and participating in botanical expeditions. In 1787, he left France to study plants at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew near London, returning the following year. In 1792 he was employed by the French Academy of Sciences. In 1798, Empress Joséphine de Beauharnais, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, became his patron and, some years later, he became her official artist. In 1809, Redouté taught painting to Princess Adélaïde of Orléans.

In the 20th and 21st century, numerous exhibitions in Europe, the Americas and Australia have been devoted to the work of Redouté. The Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Library of Congress and other libraries have made many of his works accessible online and reproductions of his prints are available from virtually all print and poster shops.

Principle Works,
Geraniologia, ed Petri-Francisci Didot (1787–88)
Traité des arbres et arbustes que l’on cultive en France, par Duhamel. Nouvelle édition, avec des figures, d’après les dessins de P. J. Redouté, 7 vols. (1800–1819)
Les Liliacées, 8 vols (1802–1816)
Les Roses,3 vols (1817–1824)
(1817–1824 from Library of Congress) or Rare Book Room (1817 from The Warnock Library). Taschen has also published this as part of its 25th Anniversary series.
Redouté, Pierre-Joseph; with Candolle, Augustin Pyramus (1790). Plantes grasses. Levrault.
Choix des plus belles fleurs et de quelques branches des plus beaux fruits. Dédié à LL. AA. RR. les princesses Louise et Marie d’Orléans (1827) Online facsimile – Biodiversity Heritage Library
Catalogue de 486 liliacées et de 168 roses peintes par P.-J. Redouté (1829)
Alphabet Flore (1835)

Categories: Botanicals, Latest Additions, Works of Arts

Rosser -‘Banksia Robur’ – 1973 – CIP505

‘Banksia Robur’ (49/50) print by Celia Rosser. Celia Rosser is a renowned Australian botanical artist best known for having published ‘The Banksias’, a three volume series of monographs containing watercolour paintings of every banksia species. She began this project in 1974 for Monash University as the University’s Botanical Artist and completed the final volume in 2000. This volume of work represented the first time that such a large genus had been entirely painted. The ‘Banksia Robur’ (swamp banksia) was from a folio published in 1981.There were 24 images in each bound folio and 50 folios printed. Each was numbered by the publisher and signed by Celia and the botanist who accompanied her. These numbered editions are ‘significant’ as only the prints from these bound folios have that value.

1973

85 cm x 105 cm