Pl. 183 Abbe Laurent Berlese. Iconographie du Genre Camellia... Paris: 1839-43. $850.00

Pl. 183. "Camellia Rugosa"

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 brilliantly 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, Iconographie du Genre Camellia... 

11 x 14 inches, sheet size.
Stipple engraved plate partially printed in color and finely finished by hand.
Excellent crisp impression.  One pinhead spot of foxing. Full margins.  Complete with sheet of text.