Agavaceae -
Beschorneria tubiflora.
From: Le jardin fleuriste, journal général des progrès et des intérêts
horticoles et botaniques by Charles Lemaire (editor).
Gand [Gent], F. et E.
Gyselynck, 1854, volume 4, plate 334. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet
164 x 244 mm). Text enclosed.€ 55
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 &
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Agavaceae -
Furcraea bedinghausii.
From: La Belgique horticole, journal des jardins et des vergers founded by Charles
François Antoine Morren and edited by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren.
Liège [Luik], La Direction Générale, 1863, volume 13. Lithograph by L.
Severeyns-Michel (sheet 158 x 243 mm). Text enclosed.€ 35
Important Belgian periodical. A total of 35 volumes were produced from 1851-1885 by the Morrens,
father and son. Charles François Antoine was director of the Jardin botanique de
l’Université de Liège and professor of botany and his son, Charles Jacques
Édouard, was also director of the Jardin botanique de l’Université de Liège and specialist on Bromeliaceae.
* Nissen BBI 2218; Stafleu & Cowan pp. 592-593.
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Agavaceae - Yucca gloriosa.
From: Neerland’s plantentuin. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van sierplanten voor tuin en kamer
by Cornelius Antoon Jan Abraham Oudemans (editor) and others.
Groningen, J.B. Wolters, 1865, volume 1, plate 15. Chromolithograph (sheet 172 x 260 mm). Lower
corner waterstained. Text enclosed.€ 40
A beautifully illustrated monthly journal about Dutch garden plants and indoor plants. Only 3 volumes were
published. With extensive contributions by its editor C.A.J.A. Oudemans and C.
Glijm, J.B. Groenewegen, J.H. Krelage and H. Witte. The decorative
chromolithographed plates by A.J. Wendel and others lithographed by Emrik &
Binger, Marriën & Amand, G. Severeyns, L. Stroobant, etc.
* Jackson p. 479; Nissen BBI 1477; Stafleu & Cowan 7148.
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