Redoute, Choix - Purple Fig [Ficus violacea]

Redoute, Choix - Purple Fig [Ficus violacea] Description of the work: This striking originally hand-colored stipple engraving is from Pierre Joseph Redoute's Le Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs. This is from the second edition of the work with plate numbers added and was published in Paris in 1835 by Panckoucke. These were engraved with a stipple technique on copper, printed in some color. There were printed by Bessin, Chapuy, Langlois, and Victor after Redoute's illustrations. Each engravin

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Graphic arts

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Franklin