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SPAENDONCK, GERARD VAN. [Fleurs dessinées d'après nature... receuil utile aux amateurs, aux jeunes artistes, aux elèves des écoles centrales et aux dessinateurs des manufactures. Paris: circa 1800].
Folio, album: 515 x 360mm., contemporary marbled boards, manuscript paper label on backstrip, scuffed, joints slightly split, light spotting to first three plates, final plate laid-down on paper.
FIRST EDITION, UNCOLORED. Without printed title or text, titled in an early manuscript hand Fleurs de G van Spaendonck on front free endpaper. 25 stipple-engraved plates (listed below), by P.F. le Grand after G. Van Spaendonck (unless stated otherwise), most with the subjects identified in pencil by an early hand.
Wilfrid Blunt's copy of a set of proof plates of one of the rarest of the great flower books, described by him as containing "magnificent drawings, brilliantly interpreted in stipple". "Copies are occasionally found either hand-coloured or printed in colour and retouched with water-colour... the watercolour serves in fact to cloak the delicacy of the stipple-work. In their black-and-white state, these prints may well claim to be the finest flower-engravings ever made" (Great Flower Books). Gerrit or Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822), Dutch born, was professor of Flower Painting at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. One of the contributors to the collection des vélins, he was a major influence on Redouté and was responsible for securing a number of his patrons.
Contents:
1. [Rose à cent feuilles Rosa Centifolia. L.], S. 480 x 320 mm.
2. [Chêne commun Quercus robur. L.], S. 482 x 320 mm.
3. [Mauve alcée Malva alcea. L]. S. 480 x 320 mm.
4. [Tulipe des jardins Tulipa gesneriana. L]. S. 475 x 315 mm.
5. [Digitale pourprée Digitalis purpurea. L]. S. 485 x 320 mm.
6. [Rosa de Provéns Rosa gallica. L], by J.Godefroy after Van Spaendonck. S. 483 x 323 mm.
7. [Campanula gantelée Campanula trachaelium. L]. S. 485 x 320 mm.
8. [Neflier Cultivé Mespilus germanica. L]. S. 487 x 320 mm.
9. [Reine marguerite Aster chinensis. L]. S. 495 x 345 mm.
10. [Iris bleu-clair Iris pallida]. S. 505 x 345 mm.
11. [Maïs, Blé de Turquie Zea Mays. L]. S. 500 x 345 mm.
12. Uva nigra & Uva alba. Raisin noir & Raisin blanc du Chasselas. Dessiné d'après Nature, par P.F. Le Grand, Et Gravé par le mme. Déposé à la Bibliothéque Nationale. A Paris, chez Le Grand Rue St.Jacques, N.. 16. S. 502 x 350 mm.
13. [Souci des Jardins Calendula officinalis. L]. S. 505 x 344 mm.
14. [Rose-tremiere Alcea Rosea. L]. S. 502 x 345 mm.
15. [Pavot cultivé Papaver somniferum. L]. S. 507 x 350 mm.
16. [Untitled still-life of fruit on a table, with imprint:] De Héem Pinx P.F. Le Grand Sculp. Déposé a la Bibliothèque Nationale chez l'Auteur Rue des Noyers N.. 13. S. 340 x 505 mm.
17. [Seringat odorant Philadelphus coronarius. L]. S. 495 x 335 mm.
18. [Anemone double Anemone coronaria. L]. S. 496 x 330 mm.
19. [Jacinthe double Hyacinthus orientalis. L]. S. 495 x 330 mm.
20. [Rose à cent feuilles Rosa centifolia. L]. S. 495 x 330 mm.
21. [Sceau de Salomon Couvallaria multiflora. L], with no imprint: neither engraver nor artist identified. S. 495 x 335 mm.
22. [Mufle de veau Antirrhinum majus. L], with no imprint: neither artist nor engraver identified. S. 502 x 335 mm.
23. [Lavatere a grandes fleurs Lavatera trimestris. L], with no imprint: neither artist nor engraver identified. S. 508 x 308 mm.
24. [Lilas Syringa Vulgaris. L], with no imprint: neither artist nor engraver identified. S. 502 x 334 mm.
Blunt The Art of Botanical Illustration (L.: 1950). pp.175-176; Great Flower Books pp.21 & 77; Nissen BBI 1879; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 12.523.
Provenance: Early pencil annotations to plates, in an unidentified hand -- Wilfrid Blunt, pencilled ownership inscription, dated 1947.
Folio, album: 515 x 360mm., contemporary marbled boards, manuscript paper label on backstrip, scuffed, joints slightly split, light spotting to first three plates, final plate laid-down on paper.
FIRST EDITION, UNCOLORED. Without printed title or text, titled in an early manuscript hand Fleurs de G van Spaendonck on front free endpaper. 25 stipple-engraved plates (listed below), by P.F. le Grand after G. Van Spaendonck (unless stated otherwise), most with the subjects identified in pencil by an early hand.
Wilfrid Blunt's copy of a set of proof plates of one of the rarest of the great flower books, described by him as containing "magnificent drawings, brilliantly interpreted in stipple". "Copies are occasionally found either hand-coloured or printed in colour and retouched with water-colour... the watercolour serves in fact to cloak the delicacy of the stipple-work. In their black-and-white state, these prints may well claim to be the finest flower-engravings ever made" (Great Flower Books). Gerrit or Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822), Dutch born, was professor of Flower Painting at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. One of the contributors to the collection des vélins, he was a major influence on Redouté and was responsible for securing a number of his patrons.
Contents:
1. [Rose à cent feuilles Rosa Centifolia. L.], S. 480 x 320 mm.
2. [Chêne commun Quercus robur. L.], S. 482 x 320 mm.
3. [Mauve alcée Malva alcea. L]. S. 480 x 320 mm.
4. [Tulipe des jardins Tulipa gesneriana. L]. S. 475 x 315 mm.
5. [Digitale pourprée Digitalis purpurea. L]. S. 485 x 320 mm.
6. [Rosa de Provéns Rosa gallica. L], by J.Godefroy after Van Spaendonck. S. 483 x 323 mm.
7. [Campanula gantelée Campanula trachaelium. L]. S. 485 x 320 mm.
8. [Neflier Cultivé Mespilus germanica. L]. S. 487 x 320 mm.
9. [Reine marguerite Aster chinensis. L]. S. 495 x 345 mm.
10. [Iris bleu-clair Iris pallida]. S. 505 x 345 mm.
11. [Maïs, Blé de Turquie Zea Mays. L]. S. 500 x 345 mm.
12. Uva nigra & Uva alba. Raisin noir & Raisin blanc du Chasselas. Dessiné d'après Nature, par P.F. Le Grand, Et Gravé par le mme. Déposé à la Bibliothéque Nationale. A Paris, chez Le Grand Rue St.Jacques, N.. 16. S. 502 x 350 mm.
13. [Souci des Jardins Calendula officinalis. L]. S. 505 x 344 mm.
14. [Rose-tremiere Alcea Rosea. L]. S. 502 x 345 mm.
15. [Pavot cultivé Papaver somniferum. L]. S. 507 x 350 mm.
16. [Untitled still-life of fruit on a table, with imprint:] De Héem Pinx P.F. Le Grand Sculp. Déposé a la Bibliothèque Nationale chez l'Auteur Rue des Noyers N.. 13. S. 340 x 505 mm.
17. [Seringat odorant Philadelphus coronarius. L]. S. 495 x 335 mm.
18. [Anemone double Anemone coronaria. L]. S. 496 x 330 mm.
19. [Jacinthe double Hyacinthus orientalis. L]. S. 495 x 330 mm.
20. [Rose à cent feuilles Rosa centifolia. L]. S. 495 x 330 mm.
21. [Sceau de Salomon Couvallaria multiflora. L], with no imprint: neither engraver nor artist identified. S. 495 x 335 mm.
22. [Mufle de veau Antirrhinum majus. L], with no imprint: neither artist nor engraver identified. S. 502 x 335 mm.
23. [Lavatere a grandes fleurs Lavatera trimestris. L], with no imprint: neither artist nor engraver identified. S. 508 x 308 mm.
24. [Lilas Syringa Vulgaris. L], with no imprint: neither artist nor engraver identified. S. 502 x 334 mm.
Blunt The Art of Botanical Illustration (L.: 1950). pp.175-176; Great Flower Books pp.21 & 77; Nissen BBI 1879; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 12.523.
Provenance: Early pencil annotations to plates, in an unidentified hand -- Wilfrid Blunt, pencilled ownership inscription, dated 1947.