Redouté means money in the language of flowers
US: A ‘FINE & RARE’ sale held by Pacific Book Auctions on February 25 saw strong bidding for botanical plate collections, with a very rare first edition of Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues, cultivés dans le jardin de J.M.Cels selling at $22,500 (£13,390).
With text by Etienne Pierre Ventenant, this is a catalogue of newly discovered exotic species from A…