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Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.

Full title: Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.

Author/creator: Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840, Ventenat, É. P. (Étienne Pierre), 1757-1808.

Call Numbers: MRB/X24

Record Identifier: 74VKa7lVQojO

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 2 volumes bound in 1 (unpaged) : illustrations, plates ; 55 x 38 cm., , , ,

Publishers: Paris, France : Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1803.

Notes: Mitchell Rare Books copy at MRB/X24: half calf binding with marbled boards and endpapers. This copy has been bound in alphabetical order rather than numerical order of the plates.

Citation / references note: Sitwell, S. Great flower books, 1700-1900, 147

Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7lVQojO

DDC: 712.6

MMS ID: 991024388818702626

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    Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.

    Full title

    Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.

    Author / Creator

    Ventenat, É. P. (Étienne Pierre), 1757-1808 author.

    Publisher

    Paris, France : Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1803.

    Call Numbers

    MRB/X24

    Record Identifier

    74VKa7lVQojO

    Language

    English

    Formats

    Books

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    2 volumes bound in 1 (unpaged) : illustrations, plates ; 55 x 38 cm.

    Content type

    text

    still image

    Media type

    unmediated

    Carrier type

    volume

    Publication information

    Publisher

    Paris, France : Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1803.

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Josephine,--Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French,--1763-1814--Homes and haunts Malmaison (Rueil-Malmaison, France) Gardens--France--Rueil-Malmaison Flowers--France--Rueil-Malmaison Flowers--France--Pictorial works Plants--France--Rueil-Malmaison Botanical illustration--France Illustrated works

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    Summary

    Large folio, two volumes bound in one, with 120 engraved and hand coloured plates by Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759-1840). The work, dedicated to Empress Joséphine, includes forty-three plates depicting Australian plants growing in the gardens of Malmaison, a property bought by Joséphine in 1798. The gardens contained plants sent from all of the gr...

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    Full title

    Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    Author / Artists

    — NOTES

    General note

    Mitchell Rare Books copy at MRB/X24: half calf binding with marbled boards and endpapers. This copy has been bound in alphabetical order rather than numerical order of the plates.

    Citation / References Note

    Sitwell, S. Great flower books, 1700-1900, 147

    Language note

    Text in French.

    Date Published

    1803.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Biographical note

    Pierre Ventenat (1757-1808) was an eminent botanist and librarian of the Panthéon, whose mission at Malmaison was to introduce and systematically describe new species planted in the gardens.

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    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    MRB/X24

    Record Identifier

    74VKa7lVQojO

    Permalink

    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7lVQojO

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    DDC

    712.6

    MMS ID

    991024388818702626

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