Old Books: Natural History Botany. Redoute Les... Lot n° 635

Decrites et classees selon leur ordre naturel. C.A. Thory. 3rd ed. by Pirolle. Vol. 3. Paris, P. Dufart, 1829. 62 finely handcoloured engraved botanical plates. Modern half leather with marbled boards, gilt spine with letterpiece, 25.5 x 17 cm. Some foxing/browning to outer edge of pp. and plates, several plates sl. soiled, partly waterstained in blank head margin; new endpapers. Good copy. Vol. 3 only. Coming from a Belgian family of painters, Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) served as drawing master to the queens and princesses of France for some fifty years. Due to his elegant and accurate drawings, Redoute is considered the finest botanical illustrator of his age.