Botanical watercolors of flowers, plants and fruits. Dutch. ca. 1730-1760. Attributed to the Dutch botanical artist Pieter van Loo. Found on the website of Bernard Quaritch Ltd. They are in London but I found out about them at the antiquarian book fair here last fall.

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Le Coton. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/
La Grenade. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/
Amaranthe, crête de coq. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/
Le gros Blanquet. 1730-1760. Dutch. Watercolor on thick Dutch paper with Strasburg lily watermarks. Attributed to Pieter van Loo. Image © Bernard Quaritch Ltd. Fair use license. via https://www.quaritch.com/books/loo-pieter-van-i-attributed-i/156-watercolours-of-flowers-plants-and-fruits/G968/

These volumes were in the library of Jérôme-Frédéric Bignon (1747–1784), who succeeded his father as royal librarian to Louis XV in 1770. 

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