Redouté. The Book of Flowers. 45th Ed. Morgan's Bibles

Redouté. The Book of Flowers. 45th Ed. Morgan's BiblesFrench flower painter Pierre Joseph Redout (17591840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolor paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleons wife Josephine, he was dubbed the Raphael of flowers, and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration. This elegant catalogue brings

and incunabula

Builds imagination

the twenty-seven pages of the Bodleian Library’s copy of Songs of Innocence together with page-facing transcriptions and an introduction on Blake

carved sculptures

which she had dampened

His bright red cover

here is a timeless tale about the magic of boundless love

Elizabeth Bishop

Each specially selected story features an introduction by award-winning author Ian Whybrow

Maybe you’ll write a thank you note

—The Art Newspaper

this is a must-read for history buffs