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Prévost, Jean-Louis
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description
- Collection des fleurs et des fruits, peints d'après nature … avec un discours d'introduction sur l'usage de cette collection dans les arts et les manufactures, suivi d'un précis sur l'art de la broderie … par P. M. Gault-de-Saint-Germain … avec une explication des planches par Ant.-Nic. Duchesne. Paris: chez Vilquin … de l'imprimerie de Gillé fils, an XIII — 1805 (i.e., [1804] 1805 [–1806])
- paper, ink, leather
Illustration: 48 superb stipple-engraved plates after Prévost, printed in color and finished by hand, 47 engraved by L. C. Ruotte and 1 by A. Chaponnier.
Folio (20 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.; 513 x 332 mm). Binding: Contemporary half French red morocco gilt, violet silk covers. Green buckram slipcase.
Some light foxing generally not affecting plates. Binding worn at extremities, silk stained and faded.
Folio (20 1/4 x 13 1/8 in.; 513 x 332 mm). Binding: Contemporary half French red morocco gilt, violet silk covers. Green buckram slipcase.
Some light foxing generally not affecting plates. Binding worn at extremities, silk stained and faded.
Literature
De Belder sale 287; Dunthorne 229; Great Flower Books, p. 127; Nissen 1568; An Oak Spring Flora 65; Pritzel 7332; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 8319
Condition
Some light foxing generally not affecting plates. Binding worn at extremities, silk stained and faded.
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
One of the greatest early nineteenth-century French flower books, and also one of the earliest stipple-engraved and color-printed books produced, contemporary with the work of Redouté. "The book was compiled to assist designers of china, toiles and chintzes and is not primarily botanical in intention. The most striking plates show several different flowers grouped together in a bouquet; but though the arrangements may appear artificial, and the flowers doubtfully matched as to season, the drawing is accurate and the observation exact" (Great Flower Books). The work was issued in 12 fascicles of 4 plates each in either plain or colored state.
Jean-Louis Prévost (c. 1745–c. 1810) was an acclaimed still life painter closely associated with the botanical illustrator Gérard van Spaendonck. He exhibited with the Académie Royal and the Académie de Saint-Luc. Dunthorne praises his Collection des fleurs as "a work of outstanding importance and interest … issued for the specific purpose of maintaining the great French tradition for excellence of design and draughtsmanship."