Antique Rose Engravings
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These beautiful engravings have been selected from two celebrated masterpieces published across the 18th and 19th centuries: a German encyclopedia entitled "Bilderbuch fur Kinder", published in Weimar between 1790 and 1810 under the supervision of Friedrich Justin Bertuch and a French work entitled "Flore des Jardiniers, Amateurs et Manufacturiers", published in Paris in 1836 under the supervision of Mordant de Launay and J.L.A. Loiseleur Deslongchamps.
Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822) was a successful entrepreneur and very much a man of the 18th century Enlightenment, sharing the general preoccupation of the age with the correct education of young, as well as the categorization of knowledge. In 1790, Bertuch began his major publishing project-- the first pictorial encyclopedia for children, a 12-volume work and a landmark in educational publishing whose vibrant illustrations are still admired today.
Pancrace Bessa (1772 - after 1834), educated in the art by the renowned Pierre Redoute, is considered one of the greatest botanical artists of the 19th century. This work, his most remarkable, was patronized by the Duchesse de Berry and contains the same plates as Herbier General (Bessa's other very famous work, published between 1810 and 1827) with following additions all printed in small italics on each plate: habitat, date of flowering, and key to smaller dissection images.
Pancrace Bessa (1772 - after 1834), educated in the art by the renowned Pierre Redoute, is considered one of the greatest botanical artists of the 19th century. This work, his most remarkable, was patronized by the Duchesse de Berry and contains the same plates as Herbier General (Bessa's other very famous work, published between 1810 and 1827) with following additions all printed in small italics on each plate: habitat, date of flowering, and key to smaller dissection images.