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Rosa centifolia bullata = rosier a feuilles de laitue / P.J. Redouté, pinx. – Vintage Print

Rosa centifolia bullata = rosier a feuilles de laitue / P.J. Redouté, pinx., [published between 1817 and 1824] — antique engraving
Rosa centifolia bullata = rosier a feuilles de laitue / P.J. Redouté, pinx., [published between 1817 and 1824]. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare antique engraving captures Rosa centifolia bullata = rosier a feuilles de laitue / P.J. Redouté, pinx. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Redouté's engraving of the lettuce-leaved rose, known in the record as *Rosa centifolia bullata*, shows a cultivar whose puckered, crinkled petals earned it its French name, "rosier à feuilles de laitue." The plate comes from *Les Roses*, the lavish botanical book Pierre-Joseph Redouté produced in Paris, published by Firmin Didot between 1817 and 1824. Redouté, often called the "Raphael of flowers," painted his subjects in watercolor and the engravings reproduce that delicacy closely, a reason his roses remain prized by botanists and collectors alike.

Created / published[published between 1817 and 1824]
Medium1 print : engraving.
GenreBook illustrations 1810-1830.Engravings 1810-1830.
NotesPublished in: The tradition of science / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1987, p. 69. Illus. in: Les roses / Pierre Joseph Redouté. 2 vols. Paris : Impr. de F. Didot, 1817-1824.
SubjectsRoses--1810-1830. Botany--France--Paris--1810-1830.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan911 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-166245

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