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Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

Fritillaria Imperialis | Fritillaire Impériale [Crown Imperial] — Tritoma Uvaria | Tritoma à longues grappes [Redhot Poker]



2 stipple-engraved plates (each 21 x 13 5/8 in.; 533 x 345 mm, and slightly smaller) extracted from Redouté's Les Liliacées (Paris, 1802–1816), printed in colors and finished by hand, the first after Redouté by de Gouy and signed P. J. Redouté pinx. and de Gouy sculp. and numbered 131, the second after Redouté by Langlois and signed P. J. Redouté pinx. and Langlois sculp. and numbered 291. Very good impressions, the second preserving deckle at the bottom margin; a few tiny marginal spots. Floated and glazed in matching handsome gilt frames.