Treatise on trees and shrubs cultivated outdoors in France

the work

Treatise on trees and shrubs cultivated outdoors in France (Treatise on trees and shrubs cultivated outdoors in France)

format

Treatise on Trees and Shrubs Cultivated in the Open Ground in France, a botanical book published between 1801 and 1819, contains over 400 public domain images by Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), known as the "Raphael of the Flower," and French naval engineer and botanist Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700-1782) .

Pierre-Joseph Redouté & Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau

Pierre-Joseph Redouté Biography

• Born on July 10, 1759 in Saint-Hubert, Belgium.
• He worked as a painter and botanist.
• He served as botanical painter to the French royal family , including Marie Antoinette and Empress Josephine .
• He died in Paris on June 19, 1840 (aged 80).

Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau Biography

• Born on July 20, 1700 in Paris, France.
• He worked as a naval engineer and botanist.
• They conduct research in a wide range of fields, including shipbuilding technology, navigation, agriculture, and botany .
• Elected member of the French Academy of Sciences.
• He died in Paris on August 13, 1782 (aged 82).

Representative works

• Treatise on trees and shrubs cultivated in the open in France (1801–1819)

Characteristics and influence of this book

"Tree and shrub cultivation in France" is a botanical book that comprehensively introduces trees and shrubs cultivated in France. It features detailed and beautiful botanical illustrations by Redouté and detailed explanations by Duhamel du Monceau, and has influenced not only botanical research, but also horticulture, landscape gardening, and art lovers.

This work combines botanical accuracy with artistic beauty, vividly depicting the morphology, foliage, flowers, and fruits of trees and shrubs. These plates are highly valued today not only for their usefulness in plant identification and study, but also for their beauty .

"Tree and shrubs grown in the open in France" is also important in that it combines natural science and art, and made a major contribution to the development of botany in France from the 18th to the 19th centuries.