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Antoine Pointeaus Histoire Naturelle des Orangers, Vol. I











Lot: 3067

(French, 1777-1845) and (French, 17661834)
Histoire Naturelle des Orangers ,Vol. I, imprimerieby de Mme. Hrrisant le Doux, Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roi, et des Musees Royaux, Rue Sainte-Anne, N 20, 1818-1820, Paris, France,
stipple engravings with hand coloring, with 24 plates unframed and 6 plates framed,
sheets (each): 18.5 x 11.5 inches, framed works (overall):
comes with frontispiece and title page, and entirety of text
Provenance: Private Collection of Rare Book Dealers, by familial descent to current owners, Bay Area, CA.
Exhibition History: Naples, Florida, Antiques and Estate Sale, December, 2004.
Reference: Oak Spring Pomona 76 Nissen BBI 1640 Great Flower Books p.73 Dunthorne 263 Stafleu and Cowan 9248.
Note: This work was published at a time when Nice was still in the kingdom of the Two Sicilies, appearing in 19 fascicles between July 1818 and August 1820. The author, Antoine Risso, was a French apothecary and botanist who spent all his life in Nice. Antoine Poiteau, the illustrator, began his career as an apprentice gardener at the Jardin des Plantes, and spent some time in the Caribbean collecting plants before returning to Paris in 1800 and turning to botanical illustration, with an initial style modelled on Van Spaendonck and Redout. Apart from the illustrations, he provided much information on citrus varieties native to the Tropics. The size of this copy is unusual and suggests it may have been for special presentation. The dedicatee of the work was the Duchesse de Berry, daughter of Francis I of Naples, and her crowned coat-of-arms appears on the title-page.
Artist: Poiteau, Joseph Antoine Risso And Pierre Antoine


Auction Date: March 19, 2021

Estimate: $800 - 1,200


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