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Acanthaceae - Aphelandra aurantiaca. From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1845, volume 1. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 160 x 235 mm). Slight browning and offset. Text enclosed. € 40
The founder, publisher and part-editor of this lavish
Belgian periodical was Louis van Houtte, the propietor of the largest nursery of
its time on the continent. It appeared monthly for almost 40 years and was
published by his own printing office in the middle of the gardens, the Horto
van Houtteano. All the plants shown were for sale in his nursery and
include many exotics. The work is notable for the craftmanship of the Belgian
lithographers Severeyns, Stroobant and De Pannemaker, who had mastered the art
of colour-printing from stone.* Great flower books p. 84; Nissen BBI 2254; Stafleu & Cowan 15.921.
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