Jardin de la Malmaison: Empress Josephine's Garden
Jardin de la Malmaison: Empress Josephine's Garden
$180.00
Lack, H. Walter. Jardin de la Malmaison: Empress Josephine's Garden
Cl. Prestel. 2004
Book ID: 83026
The extraordinary early nineteenth century gardens of Josephine Bonaparte at Malmaison are revealed in this lavish publication. One hundred and twenty colored stipple engravings depict a dazzling array of exotic plants from around the world, while the text tells the fascinating story of how the first wife of Napoleon I came to transform a modest estate on the outskirts of Paris into a botanical and zoological garden to rival the great Jardin des Plantes itself.
328 pp., 163 illus.
