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Bromeliaceae - Billbergia liboniana. 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 197.
Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 164 x 245 mm). Text enclosed. € 50 §
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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Bromeliaceae - Pitcairnia heterophylla - Pitcairnia excapa. 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 151. Chromolithograph (sheet 166 x 243 mm). Text enclosed. € 50 § 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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Bromeliaceae -
Pitcairnia staminea
From: The
botanical cabinet, consisting of coloured delineations of plants from all
countries … by Conrad Loddiges.
London, C. Loddiges & Sons, etc., 1823,
volume 8, plate 722. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 156 x 207 mm). Slight
offset. Text enclosed.sold
A total of 20 volumes of this periodical were
published from 1817-1833. The beautiful engravings are by George Cooke from
drawings by George Loddiges, William Loddiges and others. They depict plants
growing in the Hackney nursery, founded by Conrad Loddiges and bearing his name.
The establishment became famous for its many rare plants.
* Pritzel 5559;
Dunthorne 187; Great flower books p. 85; Nissen BBI 2228; Stafleu & Cowan
4914; SABLIT 765; Johnston 806.
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