(1816) "Ononis rotundifolia"

Author: Pancrace Bessa, L'Herbier Général de L'Amateur

Print Size: 6" x 10" / Mat Size: 11"x14"

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The artificiality and Empire elegance that characterizes much of the work of Redoute is replaced in these illustrations by an exuberance of design and color and a grace of form that makes Bessa the last and one of the greatest in a glorious era of French illustrators. The original hand colouring is among the most beautiful we have ever seen. The paper is a creamy white, with a few sheets more toned, mostly in the margins.