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Selection of prints of fruits, from the monumental fruit-tree horticultural study produced by the French botanist Henri Louis Duhamel Du Monceau. Botanical art scholar Gordon Dunthorne considered Trait\u00e9 des Arbres Fruitiers<\/strong> “one of the finest and rarest\u201d sets of colorplate fruit prints.\u00a0 Many of the artists and engravers for this series of over 400 images were also associated with the great botanical works of Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9, during the golden age of French botanical illustration, including the printer, Langlois. \u00a0The use of color-printed stipple engravings helped to artistically achieve the supple delicacy of the fruits and foliage. Among the fruits they display are almonds, peaches and apricots, plums and cherries, citrus fruit, grapes, strawberries and raspberries, other types of berry, pears and quinces, apples, nuts and figs.<\/p>\n

Duhamel du Monceau was one of outstanding botanists and horticulturists of the 18th century, and among the most important French writers on fruit, plant physiology and agriculture. The full title of this series is Trait\u00e9 des arbres fruitiers nouvelle edition, augment\u00e9e d\u2019un grand nombre d\u2019esp\u00e9ces de fruits obtenus des progresses de la culture par A. Poiteau et P.J.F. Turpin. [Treatise on fruit trees new edition, expanded by a great number of fruit species obtained from the advances in culture by A. Poiteau and P.J.F. Turpin.]\u00a0 <\/strong>Botanical historian F.A. Stafleu calls this a virtually independent work by Poiteau and Turpin, though conceived of as an act of homage to Duhamel du Monceau and his Trait\u00e9<\/strong> of 1768. As the author-artists declare in their joint preface, “il nous a \u00e9t\u00e9 facile d\u2019ameliorer le champ que le savant Duhamel a si habilement d\u00e9frich\u00e9.” That is, Duhamel\u2019s groundbreaking work made it easy for them to build upon it.\u00a0 While their aim was to establish a reliable and generally accepted nomenclature for fruits by means of the plates and descriptive text, they also wished to address other issues such as propagation, size, beauty and taste. The six volumes were published in 72 parts, each part generally with 6 prints. The plates were to be used again by Poiteau in his Pomologie Fran\u00e7aise<\/strong> (Paris 1846), but with Turpin’s name removed.<\/p>\n

Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall light toning and wear. Some faint scattered minor foxing, unobtrusive.<\/p>\n

References:<\/p>\n

Dunthorne, Gordon. Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. Their History, Makers and Uses, with a Catalogue Raisonne of the Works in Which They are Found.<\/em>\u00a0 Washington, D.C.: Published by the Author, 1938. 101.<\/p>\n

Nissen, Claus. Die Botanische Buchillustration: ihre Geschichte und Bibliographie.<\/em> Stuttgart:1951-66. 551.<\/p>\n

Pritzel, Georg August. Thesaurus Literaturae Botanicae Omnium Gentium.<\/em> Milan: 1950. 2467.<\/p>\n

Sitwell, Sacheverell. Great Flower Books, 1700-1900.<\/em> New York: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1990. p. 55.<\/p>\n

Stafleu, Frans A. and Richard S.Cowan. Taxonomic Literature.<\/em> Utrecht: 1967. 2nd ed., Utrecht: 1976-1988. I, 1548.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

H.L. Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) (author)
\nPierre Jean Fran\u00e7ois Turpin (1775-1840) or A. Poiteau (after)
\nBocourt, Bouquet, Gabriel, Giraud, LeGrand, et al.
\nFruits<\/strong>
\nfrom Trait\u00e9 des Arbres Fruitiers Nouvelle Edition<\/strong><\/em>
\nLanglois, Paris: 1807-1835
\nStipple engravings, printed in color, finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic
\n12.5 x 9.75 inches, plate mark
\n15.75 x 11.25 inches, sheet
\n$600 each<\/p>\n

Selection of prints of fruits, from the monumental fruit-tree horticultural study produced by the French botanist Henri Louis Duhamel Du Monceau. Botanical art scholar Gordon Dunthorne considered Trait\u00e9 des Arbres Fruitiers<\/strong> “one of the finest and rarest\u201d sets of colorplate fruit prints.\u00a0 Many of the artists and engravers for this series of over 400 images were also associated with the great botanical works of Pierre-Joseph Redout\u00e9, during the golden age of French botanical illustration, including the printer, Langlois. \u00a0The use of color-printed stipple engravings helped to artistically achieve the supple delicacy of the fruits and foliage. Among the fruits they display are almonds, peaches and apricots, plums and cherries, citrus fruit, grapes, strawberries and raspberries, other types of berry, pears and quinces, apples, nuts and figs.<\/p>\n

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