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C1788
Gentianella Alpina Verna Magno Flore
Artist:
Nicholas Robert (1614 - 1685)
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 … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Gentianella Alpina Verna Magno Flore
Date:
C1788
Artist:
Nicholas Robert (1614 - 1685)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1788
Description:
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.
