Renaux, A. Louis XIV’s Botanical Engravings. 1st. Eng. Ed. Pub. Lund Humphries. 2008
pp.139 with full page colour reproductions throughout. 4to. Fine hardback.
This magnificent volume reproduces 58 hand-coloured copperplate engravings drawn from the royal collection of Louis XIV’s gardens, with botanical details of each plant. It explains the origin of the gardens, the habitat and medicinal properties of the individual plants, and the engraving techniques used, while the illustrations themselves are both accurate scientific records and objects of beauty.
£18.00 [Ref: 67152]