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Begoniaceae - Begonia peltata - Begonia hernandiaefolia From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gent, Louis van Houtte, 1853, volume 8 (plate 810). Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 238 x 159 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 45
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.* Nissen BBI 2254; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 15.921. www.meemelink.com | index | Begoniaceae |