Book of Flowers: The Complete Plates. ISBN: 9783836556651

Book of Flowers: The Complete Plates Hardcover – Illustrated, September 13, 2020 Product details Publisher ‏ : ‎ Taschen America Llc; Multilingual edition (September 13, 2020) Language ‏ : ‎ Multilingual Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 500 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3836556650 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3836556651 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.43 pounds Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.54 x 1.42 x 8.86 inches Flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleon’s wife Josephine, he was dubbed “the Raphael of flowers,” and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration.