{"product_id":"taschen-redoute-the-book-of-flowers-45th-ed","title":"Redouté. The Book of Flowers. 45th Ed.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/9818\/5773\/files\/Taschen_Logo_black_f2euvp.png?v=1774562533\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeet “the Raphael of flowers,” botanical painter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePierre-Joseph Redouté.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e This book, adapted from our XL edition, gathers \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe finest engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e from Redouté’s most important works, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelection of the Most Beautiful Blooms and Branches with the Finest Fruits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The images recall t\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehe greenhouses and gardens of Paris in the early 1800s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__title\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eloral Masterpieces\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe finest botanical treasures of Pierre-Joseph Redouté\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--subtitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__description--content\"\u003eFlower painter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePierre-Joseph Redouté\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edarling of wealthy Parisian patrons\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eincluding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNapoleon’s wife Josephine\u003c\/strong\u003e, he was dubbed “\u003cstrong\u003ethe Raphael of flowers\u003c\/strong\u003e,” and is regarded to this day as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emaster of botanical illustration\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection brings our best-selling XL-sized edition to a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esmaller, more convenient format\u003c\/strong\u003e, still gathering some of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003efinest color engravings from Redouté’s illustrations of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRoses\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLilies\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChoix des plus belles fleurs et quelques branches des plus beaux fruits\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(\u003cem\u003eSelection of the Most Beautiful Blooms and Branches with the Finest Fruits\u003c\/em\u003e). Offering a vibrant overview of Redouté’s admixture of accuracy and beauty, it is also a privileged glimpse into the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003emagnificent gardens and greenhouses of a bygone Paris\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--biographies\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--wrapper\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--title\"\u003eThe author\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--item\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--text\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eH. Walter Lack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective. He is the author of TASCHEN’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGarden of Eden,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Palms\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRedouté. The Book of Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"read-more__biography--book-info\"\u003e\n\u003ch5 class=\"read-more__biography--book-title\"\u003eRedouté. 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