Asteraceae - Serratula tinctoria + Serratula nudicaulis
From: La flore et la pomone françaises, ou histoire et figures en
couleur, des fleurs et des fruits de France ou naturalisés sur le sol français by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire.
Paris, the author, 1831, volume 4, plate 312. Unsigned stipple-engraving in colour by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire
finished by hand (uncut and unbound sheet 175 x 265). Text enclosed in photocopy.€ 60
Very rare work, which was published in parts from 1828-1833 in
6 volumes by the French botanist and artist Jaume Saint-Hilaire (1772-1845). It
was planned to issue 800 plates but the regular publication was terminated with
plate 544. Among those who worked under van Spaëndonck or Redouté, or who based
their style on the pure water-colour technique which Redouté learned from his
master, may be mentioned Turpin, Poiteau, Bessa, Mme Vincent (b. 1786),
Jaume-Saint-Hilaire, Chazal and Prêtre. Most of these artists were the equals of
Redouté in technical skill, and given his opportunities might have won the same
renown. … Jaume-Saint-Hilaire was no less distinguished as a botanist, and his
introduction into France of Polygonum tinctorum, which yields a valuable
blue dye, was of considerable importance (Blunt & Stearn).
* Pritzel 4404; Dunthorne 160; Blunt & Stearn pp. 180, 182; Nissen BBI 988; Great flower books p. 61; Stafleu & Cowan 3311; Johnston 943.
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Asteraceae - Silphium terebinthinaceum - Silphium terebinthaceum
From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. Conducted by Samual Curtis. The descriptions by William Jackson Hooker.
London, Samual Curtis, 1836, volume 63, plate 3525. Hand-coloured engraving by Joseph Swan (sheet 160 x 253 mm). Text enclosed.€ 60
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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