Choix des plus belles fleurs

The most beautiful flowers and fruits from Redouté

The most beautiful flowers and fruits or Choix des plus belles fleurs is a book of watercolor drawings by the French artist Pierre-Joseph Redouté . It has 144 drawings of copper plates reproduced in color.

The full title in French is Choix des plus belles fleurs et de quelques branches des plus beaux fruits. Dédié à LL. AA. RR. les princesses Louise et Marie d'Orléans (1827) . A folio edition with color pages was printed in Paris in 1827.

From May 1827 to June 1833, 144 special pages with pictures were printed. The work consisted of 36 parts, each of which contained four pictures with flowers, blossoming trees or fruits.

Redouté worked as a drawing teacher for French queens and princesses for half a century. He dedicated the book The Most Beautiful Flowers and Fruits to his students Louise and Marie Christine d'Orléans .

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Web links

Commons : Choix des plus belles fleurs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet Archive
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Rare Book Room

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Swiss Book .
2. ^ First Proofs of the Universal Catalog of Books on Art .
3. ↑ George Glazer Gallery - Antique Botanical Prints - Flower Prints from Redoute's Choix des Plus Belle Fleurs . Archived from the original on April 19, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 25, 2016. 
4. ^ Rare Book Room .