After Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822)

Rose à cent feuilles; Reine-Marguerite; Rose-tremiere and Seringat odorant (van Boven/Segal nos. 132-1,9,15 and 17)

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After Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822)
Rose à cent feuilles; Reine-Marguerite; Rose-tremiere and Seringat odorant (van Boven/Segal nos. 132-1,9,15 and 17)
engraved by P. F. le Grand
mixed method engravings, from Fleurs dessinées d'après nature, handcoloured, two with fragmentary watermarks, trimmed on, just outside or just inside the platemark sometimes leaving uneven margins, with old bindingholes and minor stains along the left edge, minor staining or lesser defect, otherwise generally in good condition
overall 59 x 33 cm. (4)

Lot Essay

These prints and those in the following two lots come from a series of 24 published in 6 sets of four in Paris in 1799-1801. Wilfrid Blunt, in his The art of botanical illustration, London, 1950, described them as `...probably the finest engravings of flowers ever made', and they are generally regarded as matching the quality of Redouté's prints.
A special edition of the prints was partly printed in colours.

See colour illustration of one

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