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Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.
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Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.
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MRB/X24
Record identifier
74VKa7lVQojO
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https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7lVQojO
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Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.
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Jardin de la Malmaison / par E. P. Ventenat.
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
Paris, France : Imprimerie de Crapelet, 1803.
Call Numbers
MRB/X24
Record Identifier
Language
English
Formats
— 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.
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
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...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
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.
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
MRB/X24
Record Identifier
74VKa7lVQojO
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https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa7lVQojO
— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
DDC
712.6
MMS ID
991024388818702626