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Ranunculaceae - Clematis geaveolens. From: Le jardin fleuriste, journal général des progrès et des intérêts horticoles et botaniques by Charles Lemaire (editor). Gand [Gent], F. et E. Gyselynck, 1852, volume 2, plate 128. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 163 x 244 mm). Text enclosed. € 60
Lemaire (1800-1871), was a French botanist and specialist on Cactaceae. He
worked in Belgium as editor of several important botanical publications, such as
the Flore des serres and l'Illustration horticole. Le jardin fleuriste was
published from 1851 to 1854 in 4 volumes and is beautifully illustrated,
sometimes with large folding plates, which have double numbers. It has a
definite preference for the exotic plants, suitable only for the hot-house in
northern Europe. In the first half of the 19th century colour-printing from
stone dominated the scene of botanical illustration and the Belgian
lithographers reached the ultimate in craftmanship, in a period that Belgium was
one of the main horticultural centres in Europe.* Pritzel 10.776; Nissen BBI 2338; Great flower books p. 85; Stafleu & Cowan 4376. |
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