Les liliacées
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Les liliacées (1805-1816) is a monumental work by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, arguably the greatest flower painter of all time. Its botanical subjects are represented with both aesthetic delicacy and scientific accuracy. The work was originally issued in 80 livraisons (486 examples, each in 2 states) in a haphazard arrangement that does not regard affinities of liliales classification. 40 copies were projected but only 18 were published. Each flower plate comprises 2 stipple engravings, the right printed in colors and reworked by Redouté, the duplicated left as shades of gray on tan paper.