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Thymelaeaceae - Daphne foliis atropurpureis [?] From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1850, volume 6, plate 592. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 162 x 238 mm). Text enclosed. € 65
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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