Buc'hoz (Pierre Joseph, 1731-1807). Six hand-coloured engravings from Collection precieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la Chine, que dans ceux de l'Europe, Partie I: Plantes de la Chine peintes dans le Pays, Paris, Lacombe, [1776], 6 fine hand coloured engraved plates on laid paper, 4 plates with printed caption in Chinese characters below the image, generally in very good, clean condition, plate size 32 x 21 cm (12.5 x 8.25 ins), sheet size 45 x 28 cm (17.75 x 11 ins), each tipped-in to modern window mounts (Qty: 6) Nissen, BBI 282; Dunthorne 60; Pritzel 1326. Not in Hunt, Stafleu, or Great Flower Books, or Plesch and De Belder. Six engraved illustrations from this rare work by Pierre Joseph Buc'hoz, the first European to copy the oriental style, who aimed the publication at artists and naturalists, as well as porcelain and textile manufacturers. The plates here present are numbered 1, LXXIV, LXXXIV, LXXXVII and LXXXXIX.
Buc'hoz (Pierre Joseph, 1731-1807). Six hand-coloured engravings from Collection precieuse et enluminée des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la Chine, que dans ceux de l'Europe, Partie I: Plantes de la Chine peintes dans le Pays, Paris, Lacombe, [1776], 6 fine hand coloured engraved plates on laid paper, 4 plates with printed caption in Chinese characters below the image, generally in very good, clean condition, plate size 32 x 21 cm (12.5 x 8.25 ins), sheet size 45 x 28 cm (17.75 x 11 ins), each tipped-in to modern window mounts (Qty: 6) Nissen, BBI 282; Dunthorne 60; Pritzel 1326. Not in Hunt, Stafleu, or Great Flower Books, or Plesch and De Belder. Six engraved illustrations from this rare work by Pierre Joseph Buc'hoz, the first European to copy the oriental style, who aimed the publication at artists and naturalists, as well as porcelain and textile manufacturers. The plates here present are numbered 1, LXXIV, LXXXIV, LXXXVII and LXXXXIX.
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