Louis XIV's Botanical Engravings

By Alain Renaux

Louis XIV enjoyed visiting his fruit and vegetable gardens. Enriched with exotic plants by the numerous botanical expeditions that took place during the 17th century, the king's gardens were a true agronomical laboratory and provided plant specimens for academics, illustrators and engravers. Louis XIV's Botanical Engravings contains a collection of around sixty of the watercolour engravings produced during the reign of Louis XIV. These exquisite illustrations allow us to familiarise ourselves with some of the plants brought back from distant lands, and to understand the contribution they made to scientific research, as well as their beneficial properties.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848220006
• ISBN13: 9781848220003
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.6" x 12.6"