‎Freret, L. [in C.L. L'héritier de Brutelle]‎
‎Sida pterosperma. Plate LVII from: Stirpes novae, aut minus cognitae, quas descriptionibus et iconibus illustravit.‎

‎1789 Plain (uncoloured) engraved plate drawn by Freret and engraved by Milsan, broadsheet or large imperial folio (45 x 60 cm). Uncut. With a fold in the middle, which is more perceptible at the back (verso). Edges chipped and with a few repaired tears. Foxed, especially the marginal areas. We also have for sale the general title-page and the title-pages of the first and second installments, and coloured plates by Redouté, Freret and Fossier.A beautiful plate (although foxed) after drawings by Ludovic Freret. This one is taken from the very rare deluxe large paper edition of this work. In 1965 about 44 copies of the work were known of which 9 incomplete, and of 31 studied only 11 were large-sized.In Stirpes novae Charles L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746-1800) described a great number of new species, many of which grew in his own garden, the gardens of his friends and in the Jardin du Roi. He had ample means and engaged the young Redouté to draw the majority of the plates (54 out of 91). See: Günther Buchheim, 1965. A bibliographical account of L'Héritier's 'Stirpes novae'.‎

Reference : BF28083

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