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Asteraceae - Centaurea salmantica From: La flore et la pomone françaises, ou histoire et figures en couleur, des fleurs et des fruits de France ou naturalisés sur le sol français by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire. Paris, the author, 1830, volume 3, plate 250. Unsigned stipple-engraving in colour by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire finished by hand (uncut and unbound sheet 175 x 265). Slightly foxed. Text enclosed in photocopy. € 65
Very rare work, which was published in parts from 1828-1833 in 6 volumes
by the French botanist and artist Jaume Saint-Hilaire (1772-1845). It was
planned to issue 800 plates but the regular publication was terminated with
plate 544. Among those who worked under van Spaëndonck or Redouté, or who based
their style on the pure water-colour technique which Redouté learned from his
master, may be mentioned Turpin, Poiteau, Bessa, Mme Vincent (b. 1786),
Jaume-Saint-Hilaire, Chazal and Prêtre. Most of these artists were the equals of
Redouté in technical skill, and given his opportunities might have won the same
renown. … Jaume-Saint-Hilaire was no less distinguished as a botanist, and his
introduction into France of Polygonum tinctorum, which yields a valuable
blue dye, was of considerable importance (Blunt & Stearn).* Pritzel 4404; Dunthorne 160; Blunt & Stearn pp. 180, 182; Nissen BBI 988; Great flower books p. 61; Stafleu & Cowan 3311; Johnston 943.
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