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Jardin de la Malmaison : Empress Josephine's garden / H. Walter Lack ; with an essay by Marina Heilmeyer.
Fine Arts Library NA7736.M2 L33 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lack, H. Walter.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Malmaison (Reuil-Malmaison, France).
- Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814.
- Josephine.
- Gardens--France--Reuil-Malmaison.
- Gardens.
- Plants--France--Reuil-Malmaison--Pictorial works.
- Plants.
- Flowers--France--Reuil-Malmaison--Pictorial works.
- Flowers.
- France.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 327 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 35 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2004]
- Summary:
- In 1798 Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon Bonaparte's first wife, set out to design a palace garden unlike any other in the world. The evidence of her success can be seen between the covers of this extraordinary collection of colored botanical engravings by Pierre-Joseph Redoule and other artists. At its peak, Josephine's garden included more than 250 varieties of plants, exotic flowers from the empress' native West Indies, and rare species from Australia. The catalogue of the garden became famous as one of the most exquisite publications of botanical art in the world. Prestel's elegantly designed volume includes all engravings from the original catalogue together with contemporary photos of the garden today, and an introduction and commentary by specialists from Berlin's Botanical Museum, where the original work is on permanent loan.
- Contents:
- Jardin de la Malmaison / par E.P. Ventenat ; [planches par P.J. Redouté].
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 59).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 379133185X
- OCLC:
- 56686087
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