Gentianella Alpina Verna Magno Flore

The Recueil des Plantes Gravee par Ordre du Roi Louis XIV , ‘Numerous authorities agree that these botanical engravings rank among the best ever made’ .

(Hunt, ‘Printmaking in the Service of Botany’)

This very rare selection of engravings are by or after Nicolas Robert, the greatest botanical artist of the C17th. The work was never published or offered for public sale and because of Louis XIV wars, this landmark of botanical illustration was not published until 1788, a century after its inception.