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Rubiaceae - Bouvardia flava From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1845, volume 1, plate 38. 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. * Nissen BBI 2254; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 15.921. |
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