Lot 2
  • 2

Redouté, Pierre Joseph

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

Iris Monnieri | Iris de Lemonnier — Iris plicata | Iris plissée



2 stipple-engraved plates (each 20 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.; 521 x 339 mm) 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 236, the second  after Redouté by Lemaire and signed P. J. Redouté pinx. and Lemaire sculp. Very good impressions, the first preserving deckle at the right margin; a few tiny marginal spots. Floated and glazed in matching handsome gilt frames.