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Berghuis, Samuel: De Nederlandsche boomgaard, beschreven
en uitgegeven door het bestuur der Vereeniging tot regeling en verbetering van
de vruchtsoorten te Boskoop, met afbeeldingen naar de natuur door S. Berghuis.
Opgedragen aan Z.M. den Koning. Van eene voorrede voorzien door dr. H.C. van
Hall. Groningen, J.B. Wolters, [1864-] 1868, 2 volumes, I. Appels, pp. xxvi, [ii**, "Een woord aan de inteekenaren op dit werk", December 1864, viii*, list of subscribers], 120, (6, index), chromolithographed frontispiece (portrait of King Willem III) and 60 chromolithographed plates of apples; II. Peren en steenvruchten, pp. [vi], 72, 32, 24, 8, 4, (9, index), allegorical chromolithographed frontispiece, 64 chromolithographed plates of pears (36), cherries (8), plums (12), apricots (4) and peaches (4); large 4to (233 x 313 mm), beautiful blind-stamped gilt pictorial publisher’s green cloth (spines skillfully restored). Two plates with marginal repairs, and a few small light marginal waterstains, but a remarkable fine and clean copy without the usual foxing of the plates. € 5.000
One of the few Dutch illustrated works on
pomology with very fine chromolithographed plates with several figures by Samuel
Berghuis (the 2 frontispieces by O. Erelman), lithographed by Severeyns in
Belgium and finished by hand. "In 1868 the "Nederlandsche Boomgaard" ("the Dutch
Orchard") appeared, the editors of which were the principal men of the
Pomological Society at Boskoop, namely K.J.W. Ottolander, J. Hooftman Pz., A.
Koster Mz., and C.G. Overeynder. The plates were drawn by S. Berghuis and
printed by Severeyn’s Chromolithographic Institute, while the Wolters firm at
Groningen undertook the publication. About 1100 copies of this magnificent work
were placed in Holland and Belgium and upward of 100 in Germany with prominent
persons and growers. At the international exhibition in Dublin in 1865 it was
awarded a first price by general vote of the Jury. It was a work not only of
inestimable value for the knowledge of the Dutch fruit assortment but also for
the fame of the Boskoop fruit tree nursery industry of that time,
disinterestedly wrought by the Editors and administration of the Pomological
Society for the benefit of their beloved Boskoop" (J.H. van Straaten van Nes:
Boskoop in its historical development as a centre of nurseries). "... Der
hervorragendste niederländische Pomologe im 19. Jahrhundert war K. Ottolander,
Autor der wertvollsten und schönsten Pomologie: «De Nederlandsche Boomgaard,
...» mit 124 vortrefflichen farbigen Tafeln von S. Berghuis. ... Diese
ausgezeichnete Abbildungen, in natürlicher Farbe und Grösse, zeigen die Frucht
von oben und unten und im Langsschnitt, beim Steinobst zusätzlich noch Stein und
Blatt. Die gute Apfelsorte «Schöner von Boskoop» ist hier erstmals beschrieben
und abgebildet ..." (Martini).* British Museum I p. 142; Rehder III p. 76; Nissen 2221; Great flower books pp. 48 & 50; Landwehr 14; Stafleu & Cowan 20.943; Martini p. 68. www.meemelink.com | horticulture + agriculture |