书名：Redoute. Book of Flowers – 40th Anniversary Edition/雷杜德. 花之书/Taschen40周年纪念版

作者：H. Walter Lack

出版：TASCHEN，2020

装帧：精装，512页

语种：英语/德语/法语

尺寸：15.6 x 21.7 cm

花卉画家皮埃尔-约瑟夫·雷杜德（1759–1840）全身心投入到用水彩画捕捉开花植物的多样性中，这些水彩画随后被制成铜版画出版，并附有详尽的植物学描述。他深受巴黎富有的资助人的喜爱，其中包括拿破仑的妻子约瑟芬，被誉为“花卉界的拉斐尔”，至今仍被视为植物插画大师。

本系列将我们最畅销的特大号版本改为更小、更便捷的开本，依然收录了雷杜德在《玫瑰》《百合》以及《精选最美花卉及部分最美果实枝条》中一些最精美的彩色版画。它不仅生动展现了雷杜德作品中精准与美感的融合，也让我们得以难得地一窥往昔巴黎那些宏伟的花园和温室风貌。

Flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759–1840) 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 Napoleon’s wife Josephine, he was dubbed “the Raphael of flowers,” and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration.

This collection brings our best-selling XL-sized edition to a smaller, more convenient format, still gathering some of the finest color engravings from Redouté’s illustrations of Roses, Lilies, and Choix des plus belles fleurs et quelques branches des plus beaux fruits (Selection of the Most Beautiful Blooms and Branches with the Finest Fruits). Offering a vibrant overview of Redouté’s admixture of accuracy and beauty, it is also a privileged glimpse into the magnificent gardens and greenhouses of a bygone Paris.