Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840). Quercus chrysophylla. Copperplate engraving, 1803. Copper etching on paper. Sheet size: 50.5 x 32.5 cm, image size: 33 x 24 cm. Signature "Turpin del. Sellier sculp" Plate No. 87 from the edition "Choix de plantes: dont la plupart sont cultivées dans le jardin de Cels". Artist - Pierre Jean François Turpin (1775-1840), etcher - François Noël Sellier (1737-1790). Good condition. Slightly soiled, foxed, slightly torn at the lower edge. The edition "Choix de plantes: dont la plupart sont cultivées dans le jardin de Cels" is very rare. The artist Pierre-Joseph REDOUTE and the botanist Etienne Pierre VENTENAT also worked together before. The first collaboration between Redoute and Ventenat was the commission from the Empress Josephine de Beauharnais to artistically design her garden with rare plants in Malmaison. The result was the famous "Jardin de Malmaison" (1803-04). The book "Choix de plantes dont la plupart sont cultivées dans le jardin de Cels", which was published around the same time, is another testimony to their successful collaboration. Jacques-Philippe-Martin Cels (1740-1806) was a tax collector from 1761 until the Revolution, when he was forced to resign and devote himself to the study of botany under the guidance of Bernard de Jussieu and Louis-Guillaume Le Monnier, and under the influence of Roussea. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Cels had created a garden of about eighteen hectares, first described by Ventenat in his "Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues cultivées dans le jardin de J. M. Cels" (1800-1802), with 100 colour plates by P. J. Redoute. "Choix de plantes dont la plupart sont cultivees dans le jardin de Cels", is her second book, which records the beauty of the famous garden of Cels, recognised by his contemporaries as one of the most beautiful in Europe. We ship worldwide with tracking number. All items are professionally packaged very carefully. All prints in our shop are old original prints, not modern copies and not reprints. Please take this into account when purchasing. Photos are an essential part of the descriptions, please look carefully. If you have any questions about condition or would like extra photos, please send us a message before purchasing. This is 1 piece. If other items in the photo have caught your interest, then take a look at our online shop.