Author: Redouté, Pierre-Joseph.
Title: The lilies : Lilien : les liliacées.
Description: Köln : Taschen, 2000.. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 493 pp. Ills. 34 cm. The illustrations are accompanied by texts by Petra-Andrea Hinz and Werner Dressendo¨rfer, with botanical descriptions researched by Ute and Dietrich Müller-Doblies. Text in English, Gertman & French. Mailorder only - Alleen verzending mogelijk. Book condition : very good. - Gathering all of the plates from Pierre-Joseph Redoute's original eight volumes (published between 1802 and 1816), Les Liliacees is not just a book about lilies -- it's also a foray into an exacting and rare art. Redoute is widely considered to have been the one of the best botanical illustrators; he had not only a breathtaking skill at translating the natural world onto paper but also strove to improve printing technology (he introduced ''''stipple-engraving'''' to France). His contributions to the art of botanical illustration are unequalled; in fact, the complete set of original volumes of Les Liliacees is highly prized -- its current value is approximately $400,000. For considerably less, you can have all of Redoute's 486 lilies, beautifully reproduced on thick, creamy paper. Flipping through, you'll be transported to the magical world of 19th-century botany. ISBN 9783822864074.

Keywords: NATURAL HISTORY,