Melocactus Americanus echinatus / Melon-cardon heriffé de l'Amerique.
| Reference: | S42746 |
| Author | Denis Dodart |
| Year: | 1701 ca. |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 305 x 415 mm |
€300.00
| Reference: | S42746 |
| Author | Denis Dodart |
| Year: | 1701 ca. |
| Printed: | Paris |
| Measures: | 305 x 415 mm |
€300.00
Description
Plate taken from the famous Estampes pour servir l'histoire des plantes, or Recueil des plantes dessinées et gravées par ordre du roi Louis XIV, printed in Paris in 1786.
Plates ere engraved by Nicholas Robert, Abraham Bosse and Louis de Chastillon.
The work was never formally published or offered for public sale. The first issue of the plates was struck in 1685 soon after Nicholas Robert’s death to provide members of the Académie Royale des Sciences an example of the work in progress. 272 plates were completed at that time. In 1701 the completed work was printed with 319 plates.
In 1719, the engraver Jean Marchant added details of plant structure to the plates based upon the work of botanists Tournefort and Vaillant with occasional changes in plant names as well. Throughout the 18th century, the plates were occasionally printed and given as gifts. In 1786, the royal gift issue was published with the addition of the important frontispiece by Sebastien le Clerc and the full complement of 319 plates. Le Clerc (1637-1714) engraved the frontispiece in 1671 entitled [Louis XIV Visiting the Royal Academy of Sciences] for Claude Perrault (1613-1688), Memoires pour servir a l’Histoire Naturelle des Animaux (Paris: Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy for the Imprimerie royale, 1671-1676). The final issue of the work printed in 1788 has a printed title page and table of plates however it does not have the frontispiece engraved by le Clerc.
Denis Dodart was a French physician, naturalist, and botanist who was born in 1634 in Paris. He was interested in art and science since young age. He studied at the University of Paris and gained his Doctorate of Medicine on 13 October 1660. In 1666 he gained the Doctor of Pharmacy title. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1673. In botany he is notable for his early studies of plant respiration and growth. He collaborated with the French engraver Nicolas Robert in several illustrated works including Estampes de Plantes and Mémoires pour servir á l'Histoire des Plantes.
Copperplate printed on contemporary laid paper, with fine later hand colour, perfect condition.
Denis Dodart (Parigi 1634 - 1707)
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Denis Dodart was a French physician, naturalist, and botanist who was born in 1634 in Paris and died on November 5, 1707 in the same city. Denis Dodart was born in 1634 in a Parisian middle class family that belonged to the bourgeoisie. He was a son of Jean Dodart, notary public with a passion for literature, and Marie Dubois, daughter of a lawyer at the Parlement of Paris. He was interested in art and science since young age. He was taught Latin, Greek, music, and drawing.
He studied at the University of Paris and gained his Doctorate of Medicine on 13 October 1660. In 1666 he gained the Doctor of Pharmacy title. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1673. In botany he is notable for his early studies of plant respiration and growth. He collaborated with the French engraver Nicolas Robert in several illustrated works including Estampes de Plantes and Mémoires pour servir á l'Histoire des Plantes.
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Denis Dodart (Parigi 1634 - 1707)
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Denis Dodart was a French physician, naturalist, and botanist who was born in 1634 in Paris and died on November 5, 1707 in the same city. Denis Dodart was born in 1634 in a Parisian middle class family that belonged to the bourgeoisie. He was a son of Jean Dodart, notary public with a passion for literature, and Marie Dubois, daughter of a lawyer at the Parlement of Paris. He was interested in art and science since young age. He was taught Latin, Greek, music, and drawing.
He studied at the University of Paris and gained his Doctorate of Medicine on 13 October 1660. In 1666 he gained the Doctor of Pharmacy title. He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1673. In botany he is notable for his early studies of plant respiration and growth. He collaborated with the French engraver Nicolas Robert in several illustrated works including Estampes de Plantes and Mémoires pour servir á l'Histoire des Plantes.
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