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Sagittaria sagittifolia
x breviscapa From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. |
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Alismataceae - Actinocarpus damasonium From: English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants by James Edward Smith. London, C.E. Sowerby, 1836, 2. edition, volume 3, plate 536. Hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby (sheet 128 x 218 mm). Text enclosed in photocopy. € 35 "One of the most celebrated of all British floras is Sowerby’s
English botany. This periodical publication, issued in 267 numbers, and
published in thirty-six volumes between 1790 and 1814, contains 2,592
beautifully coloured illustrations of plants most of which are drawn and
engraved by James Sowerby. The plates are accompanied by descriptive letterpress
written by the eminent botanist James Edward Smith, …" (Henrey II p. 141). The
plates of the second or small edition of 12 volumes are mostly restrikes of the
plates of the first edition, arranged in sytematic order and including
supplementary plates. Most of the plates thus bear a double enumeration and are
often not so fully coloured as those of the first edition. James Sowerby was the
first of several members of this family who became noted as authors and
illustrators of books on natural history.* Nissen BBI 2225; Great flower books p. 76; Henrey 1369; Stafleu & Cowan 12.221. |
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Alismataceae - Alisma arcuatum From: Herbier de la flore française by Louis Antoine Cusin & Edmonde Ansberque. Procédé de reproduction dit phytoxygraphique. Publié sous le patronage du Service du Parc et des Jardins de la ville de Lyon. Lyon, 1876. Nature-printing with hand-coloured flower detail (sheet ca. 260 x 375 mm). Marginally slightly stained. Without text as issued.
€ 35
The plates are reproductions of actual
specimens and give the appearance of the plants very accurately. The flower
details are separately drawn at the bottom of most plates and hand-coloured. "…
for though the "photoxygraphic" plates of the twenty-five volumes of the
Herbier de la Flore Française of Louis Antoine Cusin (1824-1901) and Edme
Ansberque (1828-1905), published at Lyons between 1867 and 1876, are of
considerable botanic importance, they are aestetically disappointing" (Blunt &
Stearn p. 142). However the plants are carefully selected and nicely arranged.* Fischer, E.: Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck 96; Nissen BBI 444 & I p. 248; Blunt & Stearn p. 142. |
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Alismataceae - Alisma parnassifolium From: Herbier de la flore française by Louis Antoine Cusin & Edmonde Ansberque. Procédé de reproduction dit phytoxygraphique. Publié sous le patronage du Service du Parc et des Jardins de la ville de Lyon. Lyon, 1876. Nature-printing with hand-coloured flower detail (sheet ca. 260 x 375 mm). Marginally slightly stained. Without text as issued.
€ 30
The plates are reproductions of actual
specimens and give the appearance of the plants very accurately. The flower
details are separately drawn at the bottom of most plates and hand-coloured. "…
for though the "photoxygraphic" plates of the twenty-five volumes of the
Herbier de la Flore Française of Louis Antoine Cusin (1824-1901) and Edme
Ansberque (1828-1905), published at Lyons between 1867 and 1876, are of
considerable botanic importance, they are aestetically disappointing" (Blunt &
Stearn p. 142). However the plants are carefully selected and nicely arranged.* Fischer, E.: Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck 96; Nissen BBI 444 & I p. 248; Blunt & Stearn p. 142. |
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Alismataceae - Alisma plantago From: English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants by James Edward Smith. London, C.E. Sowerby, 1836, 2. edition, volume 3, plate 537. Hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby (sheet 128 x 218 mm). Text enclosed in photocopy.
€
35 "One of the most celebrated of all British floras is Sowerby’s English
botany. This periodical publication, issued in 267 numbers, and published in
thirty-six volumes between 1790 and 1814, contains 2,592 beautifully coloured
illustrations of plants most of which are drawn and engraved by James Sowerby.
The plates are accompanied by descriptive letterpress written by the eminent
botanist James Edward Smith, …" (Henrey II p. 141). The plates of the second or
small edition of 12 volumes are mostly restrikes of the plates of the first
edition, arranged in sytematic order and including supplementary plates. Most of
the plates thus bear a double enumeration and are often not so fully coloured as
those of the first edition. James Sowerby was the first of several members of
this family who became noted as authors and illustrators of books on natural
history.* Nissen BBI 2225; Great flower books p. 76; Henrey 1369; Stafleu & Cowan 12.221. |
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Alismataceae - Alisma plantago-aquatica
- Alisma plantago From: Flora batava by Jan Kops and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1822, volume 4, plate 247. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 243 x 300 mm). Text enclosed. € 85
The Flora batava, a monumental work forming a
beautifully illustrated survey of all indigenous plants in the Netherlands. It
was started in 1800 by Jan Kops, a Dutch agronomist and professor of botany at
Utrecht. The first 10 volumes constitute all that was prepared and issued under
his supervision. When finished at last in 1934, Willem Jan Lütjeharms was the
editor for volume 28, in which he concludes that this work has ended now and
that publication took longer than any comparable foreign flora: "De Flora Batava
heeft langer geleefd dan een der met dit werk vergelijkbare buitenlandsche
plaatwerken." The long publication period reflects the change in the technique
of its illustrations. Initially copper-engravings were used, followed by
lithographs, all coloured by hand, but from volume 25 colour-printing was
gradually introduced. Also several artists were involved, but the plates are not
signed, nor much information is given about them. The first publisher, J.C. Sepp
en Zoon, was renowned for its scientific colour-plate books. Each plate is
accompanied by a text in Dutch and French. The work was issued in 8vo and 4to.
This plate is in the most desirable large 4to format.* Pritzel 4822; Jackson p. 324; Nissen BBI 2247; Great flower books p. 63; Landwehr 60; Stafleu & Cowan 3874; Johnston 663; A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek 70. |
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Alismataceae - Alisma plantago-aquatica - Alisma plantago
+ x lanceolata From: Herbier de la flore française by Louis Antoine Cusin & Edmonde Ansberque. Procédé de reproduction dit phytoxygraphique. Publié sous le patronage du Service du Parc et des Jardins de la ville de Lyon. Lyon, 1876. 2 nature-printings with hand-coloured flower detail (sheet ca. 260 x 375 mm). Marginally slightly stained. Without text as issued.
€ 55
The plates are
reproductions of actual specimens and give the appearance of the plants very
accurately. The flower details are separately drawn at the bottom of most plates
and hand-coloured. "… for though the "photoxygraphic" plates of the twenty-five
volumes of the Herbier de la Flore Française of Louis Antoine Cusin
(1824-1901) and Edme Ansberque (1828-1905), published at Lyons between 1867 and
1876, are of considerable botanic importance, they are aestetically
disappointing" (Blunt & Stearn p. 142). However the plants are carefully
selected and nicely arranged.* Fischer, E.: Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck 96; Nissen BBI 444 & I p. 248; Blunt & Stearn p. 142. |
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Alismataceae - Alisma ranunculoides From: English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants by James Edward Smith. London, C.E. Sowerby, 1836, 2. edition, volume 3, plate 538. Hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby (sheet 128 x 218 mm). Text enclosed in photocopy.
€
30 "One of the most celebrated of all British floras is Sowerby’s English
botany. This periodical publication, issued in 267 numbers, and published in
thirty-six volumes between 1790 and 1814, contains 2,592 beautifully coloured
illustrations of plants most of which are drawn and engraved by James Sowerby.
The plates are accompanied by descriptive letterpress written by the eminent
botanist James Edward Smith, …" (Henrey II p. 141). The plates of the second or
small edition of 12 volumes are mostly restrikes of the plates of the first
edition, arranged in sytematic order and including supplementary plates. Most of
the plates thus bear a double enumeration and are often not so fully coloured as
those of the first edition. James Sowerby was the first of several members of
this family who became noted as authors and illustrators of books on natural
history.* Nissen BBI 2225; Great flower books p. 76; Henrey 1369; Stafleu & Cowan 12.221. |
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Alismataceae - Alisma repens From: English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants by James Edward Smith. London, C.E. Sowerby, 1836, 2. edition, volume 3, plate 538~. Hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby (sheet 128 x 218 mm). Slight foxing. Text enclosed in photocopy. € 25 "One of the most celebrated of all British floras is Sowerby’s
English botany. This periodical publication, issued in 267 numbers, and
published in thirty-six volumes between 1790 and 1814, contains 2,592
beautifully coloured illustrations of plants most of which are drawn and
engraved by James Sowerby. The plates are accompanied by descriptive letterpress
written by the eminent botanist James Edward Smith, …" (Henrey II p. 141). The
plates of the second or small edition of 12 volumes are mostly restrikes of the
plates of the first edition, arranged in sytematic order and including
supplementary plates. Most of the plates thus bear a double enumeration and are
often not so fully coloured as those of the first edition. James Sowerby was the
first of several members of this family who became noted as authors and
illustrators of books on natural history.* Nissen BBI 2225; Great flower books p. 76; Henrey 1369; Stafleu & Cowan 12.221. |
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Alismataceae - Damasonium stellatum From: Herbier de la flore française by Louis Antoine Cusin & Edmonde Ansberque. Procédé de reproduction dit phytoxygraphique. Publié sous le patronage du Service du Parc et des Jardins de la ville de Lyon. Lyon, 1876. Nature-printing with hand-coloured flower detail (sheet ca. 260 x 375 mm). Marginally stained. Without text as issued. € 30
The plates are reproductions of actual specimens
and give the appearance of the plants very accurately. The flower details are
separately drawn at the bottom of most plates and hand-coloured. "… for though
the "photoxygraphic" plates of the twenty-five volumes of the Herbier de la
Flore Française of Louis Antoine Cusin (1824-1901) and Edme Ansberque
(1828-1905), published at Lyons between 1867 and 1876, are of considerable
botanic importance, they are aestetically disappointing" (Blunt & Stearn p.
142). However the plants are carefully selected and nicely arranged.* Fischer, E.: Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck 96; Nissen BBI 444 & I p. 248; Blunt & Stearn p. 142. |
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Alismataceae - Echinodorus ranunculoides - Alisma
ranunculoides From: Flora batava by Jan Kops and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1822, volume 4, plate 283. Hand-coloured engraving (unpressed sheet 237 x 283 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 65
The Flora batava, a
monumental work forming a beautifully illustrated survey of all indigenous
plants in the Netherlands. It was started in 1800 by Jan Kops, a Dutch
agronomist and professor of botany at Utrecht. The first 10 volumes constitute
all that was prepared and issued under his supervision. When finished at last in
1934, Willem Jan Lütjeharms was the editor for volume 28, in which he concludes
that this work has ended now and that publication took longer than any
comparable foreign flora: "De Flora Batava heeft langer geleefd dan een der met
dit werk vergelijkbare buitenlandsche plaatwerken." The long publication period
reflects the change in the technique of its illustrations. Initially
copper-engravings were used, followed by lithographs, all coloured by hand, but
from volume 25 colour-printing was gradually introduced. Also several artists
were involved, but the plates are not signed, nor much information is given
about them. The first publisher, J.C. Sepp en Zoon, was renowned for its
scientific colour-plate books. Each plate is accompanied by a text in Dutch and
French. The work was issued in 8vo and 4to. This plate is in the most desirable
large 4to format.* Pritzel 4822; Jackson p. 324; Nissen BBI 2247; Great flower books p. 63; Landwehr 60; Stafleu & Cowan 3874; Johnston 663; A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek 70. |
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Alismataceae - Echinodorus ranunculoides - Alisma ranunculoides + x repens From: Herbier de la flore française by Louis Antoine Cusin & Edmonde Ansberque. Procédé de reproduction dit phytoxygraphique. Publié sous le patronage du Service du Parc et des Jardins de la ville de Lyon. Lyon, 1876. 2 nature-printings with hand-coloured flower detail (sheet ca. 260 x 375 mm). Marginally slightly stained. Without text as issued.
€ 50
The plates are reproductions of actual specimens and give the
appearance of the plants very accurately. The flower details are separately
drawn at the bottom of most plates and hand-coloured. "… for though the
"photoxygraphic" plates of the twenty-five volumes of the Herbier de la Flore
Française of Louis Antoine Cusin (1824-1901) and Edme Ansberque (1828-1905),
published at Lyons between 1867 and 1876, are of considerable botanic
importance, they are aestetically disappointing" (Blunt & Stearn p. 142).
However the plants are carefully selected and nicely arranged.* Fischer, E.: Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck 96; Nissen BBI 444 & I p. 248; Blunt & Stearn p. 142. |
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Alismataceae - Elisma natans - Alisma natans From: English botany; or, coloured figures of British plants by James Edward Smith. London, C.E. Sowerby, 1836, 2. edition, volume 3, plate 539. Hand-coloured engraving by James Sowerby (sheet 128 x 218 mm). Slight foxing. Text enclosed in photocopy. ~ € 35 "One of the most celebrated of all British
floras is Sowerby’s English botany. This periodical publication, issued
in 267 numbers, and published in thirty-six volumes between 1790 and 1814,
contains 2,592 beautifully coloured illustrations of plants most of which are
drawn and engraved by James Sowerby. The plates are accompanied by descriptive
letterpress written by the eminent botanist James Edward Smith, …" (Henrey II p.
141). The plates of the second or small edition of 12 volumes are mostly
restrikes of the plates of the first edition, arranged in sytematic order and
including supplementary plates. Most of the plates thus bear a double
enumeration and are often not so fully coloured as those of the first edition.
James Sowerby was the first of several members of this family who became noted
as authors and illustrators of books on natural history.* Nissen BBI 2225; Great flower books p. 76; Henrey 1369; Stafleu & Cowan 12.221. |
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Alismataceae - Elisma natans - Alisma natans From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1832, volume 6, plate 461. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 242 x 300 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 70
The Flora batava,
a monumental work forming a beautifully illustrated survey of all indigenous
plants in the Netherlands. It was started in 1800 by Jan Kops, a Dutch
agronomist and professor of botany at Utrecht. The first 10 volumes constitute
all that was prepared and issued under his supervision (later assisted by Herman
Christiaan van Hall, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel and Johannes Everhardus van
der Trappen). When finished at last in 1934, Willem Jan Lütjeharms was the
editor for volume 28, in which he concludes that this work has ended now and
that publication took longer than any comparable foreign flora: "De Flora Batava
heeft langer geleefd dan een der met dit werk vergelijkbare buitenlandsche
plaatwerken." The long publication period reflects the change in the technique
of its illustrations. Initially copper-engravings were used, followed by
lithographs, all coloured by hand, but from volume 25 colour-printing was
gradually introduced. Also several artists were involved, but the plates are not
signed, nor much information is given about them. The first publisher, J.C. Sepp
en Zoon, was renowned for its scientific colour-plate books. Each plate is
accompanied by a text in Dutch and French. The work was issued in 8vo and 4to.
This plate is in the most desirable large 4to format.* Pritzel 4822; Jackson p. 324; Nissen BBI 2247; Great flower books p. 63; Landwehr 60; Stafleu & Cowan 3874; Johnston 663; A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek 70. |
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Alismataceae - Elisma natans - Alisma natans From: Herbier de la flore française by Louis Antoine Cusin & Edmonde Ansberque. Procédé de reproduction dit phytoxygraphique. Publié sous le patronage du Service du Parc et des Jardins de la ville de Lyon. Lyon, 1876. Nature-printing with hand-coloured flower detail (sheet ca. 260 x 375 mm). Marginally slightly stained. Without text as issued.
€ 30
The plates are reproductions of actual
specimens and give the appearance of the plants very accurately. The flower
details are separately drawn at the bottom of most plates and hand-coloured. "…
for though the "photoxygraphic" plates of the twenty-five volumes of the
Herbier de la Flore Française of Louis Antoine Cusin (1824-1901) and Edme
Ansberque (1828-1905), published at Lyons between 1867 and 1876, are of
considerable botanic importance, they are aestetically disappointing" (Blunt &
Stearn p. 142). However the plants are carefully selected and nicely arranged.* Fischer, E.: Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck 96; Nissen BBI 444 & I p. 248; Blunt & Stearn p. 142. |
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Alismataceae - Sagittaria lancifolia From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1816, volume 43, plate 1792. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 143 x 237 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 45
"The first and most important botanical
magazine made up of 'figures' of plants and short descriptions. Provides a
storehouse of exotics, paralleling the indigenous plants …" (Hunt). "A
delightful work pictorially, never excelled as a periodical, most carefully
coloured and a source of lasting interest and information" (Dunthorne). Started
by William Curtis in 1787 publication still continues.* Pritzel 2007; Dunthorne 88; Nissen BBI 2350; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Henrey 472; Stafleu & Cowan 1290. |
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Alismataceae - Sagittaria sagittifolia From: Flora batava by Jan Kops and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1822, volume 4, plate 285. Hand-coloured engraving (unpressed sheet 233 x 293 mm). Text enclosed. € 130
The Flora batava, a monumental work forming a
beautifully illustrated survey of all indigenous plants in the Netherlands. It
was started in 1800 by Jan Kops, a Dutch agronomist and professor of botany at
Utrecht. The first 10 volumes constitute all that was prepared and issued under
his supervision. When finished at last in 1934, Willem Jan Lütjeharms was the
editor for volume 28, in which he concludes that this work has ended now and
that publication took longer than any comparable foreign flora: "De Flora Batava
heeft langer geleefd dan een der met dit werk vergelijkbare buitenlandsche
plaatwerken." The long publication period reflects the change in the technique
of its illustrations. Initially copper-engravings were used, followed by
lithographs, all coloured by hand, but from volume 25 colour-printing was
gradually introduced. Also several artists were involved, but the plates are not
signed, nor much information is given about them. The first publisher, J.C. Sepp
en Zoon, was renowned for its scientific colour-plate books. Each plate is
accompanied by a text in Dutch and French. The work was issued in 8vo and 4to.
This plate is in the most desirable large 4to format.* Pritzel 4822; Jackson p. 324; Nissen BBI 2247; Great flower books p. 63; Landwehr 60; Stafleu & Cowan 3874; Johnston 663; A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek 70. |
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Alismataceae - Sagittaria sagittifolia From: Herbier de la flore française by Louis Antoine Cusin & Edmonde Ansberque. Procédé de reproduction dit phytoxygraphique. Publié sous le patronage du Service du Parc et des Jardins de la ville de Lyon. Lyon, 1876. Nature-printing with hand-coloured flower detail (sheet ca. 260 x 375 mm). Marginally stained. Without text as issued.
€ 30
The plates are reproductions of actual specimens
and give the appearance of the plants very accurately. The flower details are
separately drawn at the bottom of most plates and hand-coloured. "… for though
the "photoxygraphic" plates of the twenty-five volumes of the Herbier de la
Flore Française of Louis Antoine Cusin (1824-1901) and Edme Ansberque
(1828-1905), published at Lyons between 1867 and 1876, are of considerable
botanic importance, they are aestetically disappointing" (Blunt & Stearn p.
142). However the plants are carefully selected and nicely arranged.* Fischer, E.: Zweihundert Jahre Naturselbstdruck 96; Nissen BBI 444 & I p. 248; Blunt & Stearn p. 142. |
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Alismataceae -
Sagittaria sagittifolia
x breviscapa From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1844, volume 8, plate 610. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 248 x 303 mm). Text enclosed.
€ 85
The Flora batava,
a monumental work forming a beautifully illustrated survey of all indigenous
plants in the Netherlands. It was started in 1800 by Jan Kops, a Dutch
agronomist and professor of botany at Utrecht. The first 10 volumes constitute
all that was prepared and issued under his supervision (later assisted by Herman
Christiaan van Hall, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel and Johannes Everhardus van
der Trappen). When finished at last in 1934, Willem Jan Lütjeharms was the
editor for volume 28, in which he concludes that this work has ended now and
that publication took longer than any comparable foreign flora: "De Flora Batava
heeft langer geleefd dan een der met dit werk vergelijkbare buitenlandsche
plaatwerken." The long publication period reflects the change in the technique
of its illustrations. Initially copper-engravings were used, followed by
lithographs, all coloured by hand, but from volume 25 colour-printing was
gradually introduced. Also several artists were involved, but the plates are not
signed, nor much information is given about them. The first publisher, J.C. Sepp
en Zoon, was renowned for its scientific colour-plate books. Each plate is
accompanied by a text in Dutch and French. The work was issued in 8vo and 4to.
This plate is in the most desirable large 4to format.* Pritzel 4822; Jackson p. 324; Nissen BBI 2247; Great flower books p. 63; Landwehr 60; Stafleu & Cowan 3874; Johnston 663; A hundred highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek 70. |
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