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Pierre Joseph Buchoz
BUCHOZ. A Group of Four Tulips

1781

About the Item

A Group of 4 hand-coloured engraved plates of tulips, in matching silver leaf frames. Dimensions: 34.6cm by 48.5cm. A fine group of these rare flower plates, the complete volume of 40 being part of Le Jardin d'Eden, which was intended as the supplement to the Collection des Fleurs de la Chine & de l'Europe, first published in 1776. [Paris 1781] The second half of the eighteenth century saw a boom in natural history publications in France fuelled by such works as Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle. The accession of Louis XVI in 1774 was followed by a relaxation in the regulation of the book trade making it easier for authors to publish their own works. No other writer was to take such copious advantage of these two developments as Pierre-Joseph Buchoz (1731-1807), a French physician, lawyer and naturalist. His works are characterised by the beauty of the illustrations, and their rarity owing to the small size of the print runs. The final tulip plate is identified as the legendary broken flame-patterned flower ‘Semper Augustus’, bulbs of which were recorded as having reached prices of up to 10,000 Guilders at the height of Tulipmania in 1637, although even before this time bulbs of this particular flower had been valued at 5,500 Guilders.
  • Creator:
    Pierre Joseph Buchoz
  • Creation Year:
    1781
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 19.1 in (48.5 cm)Width: 13.63 in (34.6 cm)
  • Medium:
    Paper,Engraving
  • Movement & Style:
    Naturalistic
  • Period:
    1780-1789
  • Condition:
    Four hand-coloured, engraved plates, in matching silver leaf frames. Glazed. Overall dimensions: 34.6 x 48.5 cm.
  • Gallery Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 1014411stDibs: LU141926759282
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