Joseph Antoine Risso and Pierre Antoine Poiteau | Histoire naturelle des orangers, Paris, 1818

Joseph Antoine Risso and Pierre Antoine Poiteau

Histoire naturelle des orangers. Paris: Hérisant le Doux, 1818

FIRST EDITION, 4to (340 x 245mm.), dedication, 109 stipple-engraved plates, printed in colours and finished by hand, orange morocco gilt by Riviere, gilt and red edges, bound without half-title, occasional scattered foxing as often

“No French botanical artist of the period can have escaped the influence of Redouté, and Poiteau was among the group associated with him. These oranges and lemons and their relations, with leaves, flowers, and often crosssections as well as whole fruits, form one of the most beautiful and complete records of the varieties known in the nineteenth century” (An Oak Spring Pomona).

LITERATURE:

Cleveland Herbal 815; Dunthorne 263; Nissen BBI 1640; An Oak Spring Pomona 76