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Pl. 121 Iconographie du Genre Camellia..., Paris: 1839-43, $925. |
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 Plate 121 “Camellia Sherwoodii”
This beautiful image of a camellia is a striking example of the supremacy of the French in the field of botanical illustration and another instance in which a benefactor, skillful artists and
engravers, and an experienced publisher combined forces to create works of spectacular beauty. The Italian born Berlese, was the world's leading authority on camellias. He commissioned the French artist J. Jung to draw the hundreds of varieties of camellias growing in Berlese’s expansive gardens and hothouses. This artist, in collaboration with a team of skilled French engravers and an experienced Parisian printer, produced stipple engravings that were so rilliantly colored and finely engraved that the works rival those of his illustrious contemporary, Pierre Joseph Redoute. This is one of 300 beautiful images of which were included in the definitive monograph. 11 x 14 inches, sheet size.
Stipple engraved plate partially printed in color and finely finished by hand.
Excellent crisp impression. Archivally matted and framed.
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