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Bruniaceae -
Berzelia lanuginosa
- Brunia lanuginosa From: The botanical cabinet, consisting of coloured delineations of plants from all countries by Conrad Loddiges. London, C. Loddiges & Sons, etc., 1822, volume 6, plate 572. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 145 x 210 mm). Text missing.
€ 40
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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Bruniaceae - Berzelia lanuginosa
- Brunia lanuginosa From: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Planches … Botanique classée d’après la méthode naturelle de M. Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu by Pierre Jean François Turpin. Paris & Strasbourg, F.G. Levrault, 1816-1829, volume 5, plate 200. Hand-coloured engraving after Turpin (sheet 120 x 213 mm).
€ 60
"Pierre
Jean François Turpin (1775-1840) was possibly the greatest botanical genius of
all the French botanical painters of his day … In particular, his drawings of
botanical details have rarely been surpassed. ..." (Blunt). With Pierre-Antoine
Poiteau he collaborated in some of the most important botanical publications of
the early years of the nineteenth century. In the finely illustrated botanical
part of the Dictionnaire … the plates by several engravers were issued
uncoloured or coloured.* Pritzel 10.722; Blunt & Stearn p. 180 ff.; Nissen BBI 2239; Stafleu & Cowan 1293 + 15.384. |
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Bruniaceae -
Berzelia abrotanoides
- Brunia abrotanoides From: The botanical cabinet, consisting of coloured delineations of plants from all countries … by Conrad Loddiges. London, C. Loddiges & Sons, etc., 1820, volume 4, plate 355. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 152 x 210 mm). Slight offset. Text enclosed. € 40
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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