Caryophyllaceae, botanical prints, Antiquariaat Jan Meemelink, antiquarian flower books + prints

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		*Arenaria balearica* From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor).

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Caryophyllaceae - Arenaria balearica From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1886, January - June, volume 29, plate 527. Chromolithograph (sheet 217 x 280 mm). Text enclosed. ~ € 70 "All gardeners owe an infinite debt of gratitude to William Robinson - founder of The Garden (1871-1927) and Flora and Sylva (1903-05), and author of The English Flower Garden (1883, etc.) and other works - who helped to break the tyranny of formal bedding and, like Ruskin, drew attention to the beauties of the wild garden. Among the artists whom he employed was Henry Moon, who struck a new and personal, if not entirely healthy, note in botanical illustration. …" (Blunt & Stearn). From 1880 Henry George Moon’s plant portraits dominated the pages of The Garden, a popular horticultural publication. Renowned for his lifelike paintings of orchids, Moon appealed to Robinson because of his ability to sketch flowers in a graceful, naturalistic style. The subtle colourings of his paintings and simple arrangement of flowers were very unlike the more stylised renderings that appeared in competitors’ publications. The beautiful colour-plates were lithographed and printed by the Belgian firm G. Severeyns and its successor J.L. Goffart, notable for their craftmanship. * Blunt & Stearn pp. 239-240; Nissen BBI 2264; BPH 391-10.
Caryophyllaceae - Arenaria ciliata + *Arenaria peploides* + Arenaria stricta - Arenaria uliginosa 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, 1830, volume 3, plate 277. Unsigned stipple-engraving in colour by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire finished by hand (uncut and unbound sheet 175 x 265). Slight browning around figures. Text enclosed in photocopy. € 50 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). * Pritzel 4404; Dunthorne 160; Blunt pp. 180, 182; Nissen BBI 988; Great flower books p. 61; Stafleu & Cowan 3311; Johnston 943.
Caryophyllaceae - Arenaria montana From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1893, July - December, volume 44, plate 938. Chromolithograph by Guillaume Severeyns after painting by H.G. Moon (sheet 220 x 280 mm). Illustrated text enclosed. ~ € 120 "All gardeners owe an infinite debt of gratitude to William Robinson - founder of The Garden (1871-1927) and Flora and Sylva (1903-05), and author of The English Flower Garden (1883, etc.) and other works - who helped to break the tyranny of formal bedding and, like Ruskin, drew attention to the beauties of the wild garden. Among the artists whom he employed was Henry Moon, who struck a new and personal, if not e ntirely healthy, note in botanical illustration. …" (Blunt & Stearn). From 1880 Henry George Moon’s plant portraits dominated the pages of The Garden, a popular horticultural publication. Renowned for his lifelike paintings of orchids, Moon appealed to Robinson because of his ability to sketch flowers in a graceful, naturalistic style. The subtle colourings of his paintings and simple arrangement of flowers were very unlike the more stylised renderings that appeared in competitors’ publications. The beautiful colour-plates were lithographed and printed by the Belgian firm G. Severeyns and its successor J.L. Goffart, notable for their craftmanship. * Blunt & Stearn pp. 239-240; Nissen BBI 2264; BPH 391-10.
Caryophyllaceae - Arenaria montana + Arenaria grandiflora - Arenaria triflora + Arenaria purpurascens 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, 1830, volume 3, plate 278. Unsigned stipple-engraving in colour by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire finished by hand (uncut and unbound sheet 175 x 265). Slight browning around figures. Text enclosed in photocopy. € 50 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). * Pritzel 4404; Dunthorne 160; Blunt pp. 180, 182; Nissen BBI 988; Great flower books p. 61; Stafleu & Cowan 3311; Johnston 943.
Caryophyllaceae - Arenaria setacea + Arenaria graminifolia 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, 1830, volume 3, plate 280. Unsigned stipple-engraving in colour by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire finished by hand (uncut and unbound sheet 175 x 265). Text enclosed. € 70 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). * Pritzel 4404; Dunthorne 160; Blunt pp. 180, 182; Nissen BBI 988; Great flower books p. 61; Stafleu & Cowan 3311; Johnston 943.
Caryophyllaceae - Arenaria tetraquetra, Arenaria hispida + Arenaria media 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, 1830, volume 3, plate 279. 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. € 55 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). * Pritzel 4404; Dunthorne 160; Blunt pp. 180, 182; Nissen BBI 988; Great flower books p. 61; Stafleu & Cowan 3311; Johnston 943.
Caryophyllaceae - Arenaria trinervia From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1832, volume 6, plate 414. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 244 x 300 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 (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.
Caryophyllaceae - Cerastium amplexicaule From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1816, volume 43, plate 1789. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 143 x 237 mm). Text enclosed. € 40 "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.
Caryophyllaceae - Cerastium glomeratum - Cerastium vulgatum From: Flora batava by Jan Kops and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1822, volume 4, plate 259. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 243 x 303 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. 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.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus × adulterinus Davey’s Juliet pink From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 8, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 125 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus alpinus Geraniaceae - Erodium macradenum From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1884, July - December, volume 26, plate 455. Chromolithograph (sheet 280 x 217 mm). Text enclosed. ~ € 65 "All gardeners owe an infinite debt of gratitude to William Robinson - founder of The Garden (1871-1927) and Flora and Sylva (1903-05), and author of The English Flower Garden (1883, etc.) and other works - who helped to break the tyranny of formal bedding and, like Ruskin, drew attention to the beauties of the wild garden. Among the artists whom he employed was Henry Moon, who struck a new and personal, if not entirely healthy, note in botanical illustration. …" (Blunt & Stearn). From 1880 Henry George Moon’s plant portraits dominated the pages of The Garden, a popular horticultural publication. Renowned for his lifelike paintings of orchids, Moon appealed to Robinson because of his ability to sketch flowers in a graceful, naturalistic style. The subtle colourings of his paintings and simple arrangement of flowers were very unlike the more stylised renderings that appeared in competitors’ publications. The beautiful colour-plates were lithographed and printed by the Belgian firms G. Severeyns and J.L. Goffart, notable for their craftmanship. * Blunt & Stearn pp. 239-240; Nissen BBI 2264; BPH 391-10.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus atrorubens From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1815, volume 43, plate 1775. 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.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus carthusianorum - Dianthus semperflorens Boraginaceae - Lithospermum rosmarinifolium - Lithospermum fruticosum 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, 1866, volume 16, plate 2. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 163 x 250 mm). Text (partly in photocopy) enclosed. € 65 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.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus (4 varieties) From: Revue de l’horticulture belge et étrangère by Frédéric Burvenich, Oswald de Kerchove de Denterchem, Édouard Pynaert, August van Geert & Hubert J. van Hulle (editors). Gand [Gent], Bureau de la Revue, 1890, volume 16, plate 21. Chromolithograph (sheet 158 x 245 mm). Text enclosed. # € 65 Belgian monthly, published from 1875-1914, giving general information about horticulture, new introductions and varieties, exhibitions etc. Most colour-plates were drawn and lithographed by P. de Pannemaeker, one of the leading artists of this time when Gent became the horticultural centre of the continent. * BPH 781-22; not in Nissen BBI.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* -** Oeillets remontants From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1857, volume 12, plate 1221. Chromolithograph (sheet 160 x 240 mm). Text enclosed. € 40 The founder, publisher and part-editor of this lavish Belgian periodical was Louis van Houtte, the propietor of the largest nursery of its time on the continent. It appeared monthly for almost 40 years and was published by his own printing office in the middle of the gardens, the Horto van Houtteano. All the plants shown were for sale in his nursery and include many exotics. The work is notable for the craftmanship of the Belgian lithographers Severeyns, Stroobant and De Pannemaker, who had mastered the art of colour-printing from stone. * Nissen BBI 2254; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 15.921.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus x leodienses 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, 1868, volume 18, plate 1. Chromolithograph (sheet 163 x 247 mm). Text by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren enclosed. € 50 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.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* Franklin’s queen of hearts** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 20, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 125 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* Hird’s inimitable picotee** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 80, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 140 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* Hogg’s lady Acland picotee** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 98, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 130 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* Hogg’s beauty of Middlesex picotee** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 70, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 130 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* Pucelle de Gand carnation** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 67, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 130 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* Madame Stepman** From: Revue de l’horticulture belge et étrangère by Frédéric Burvenich, Oswald de Kerchove de Denterchem, Édouard Pynaert, August van Geert & Hubert J. van Hulle (editors). Gand [Gent], Bureau de la Revue, 1895, volume 21, plate 11. Chromolithograph (sheet 158 x 245 mm). Text enclosed. # € 45 Belgian monthly, published from 1875-1914, giving general information about horticulture, new introductions and varieties, exhibitions etc. Most colour-plates were drawn and lithographed by P. de Pannemaeker, one of the leading artists of this time when Gent became the horticultural centre of the continent. * BPH 781-22; not in Nissen BBI.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus caryophyllus* Strong’s princess of Denmark carnation** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 88, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 130 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus chinensis - Dianthus sinensis heddewigii (3x) + *giganteus* From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1857, volume 12, plate 1288. Chromolithograph (sheet 160 x 240 mm). Text enclosed. € 30 The founder, publisher and part-editor of this lavish Belgian periodical was Louis van Houtte, the propietor of the largest nursery of its time on the continent. It appeared monthly for almost 40 years and was published by his own printing office in the middle of the gardens, the Horto van Houtteano. All the plants shown were for sale in his nursery and include many exotics. The work is notable for the craftmanship of the Belgian lithographers Severeyns, Stroobant and De Pannemaker, who had mastered the art of colour-printing from stone. * Nissen BBI 2254; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 15.921.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus chinensis From: Nederlandsche flora en pomona beschreven en uitgegeven door het bestuur der Pomologische Vereeniging te Boskoop, by K.J.W. Ottolander, A. Koster & C. de Vos (editors). Groningen, J.B. Wolters, [1875-] 1876-1879, plate 68. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 238 x 300 mm). Text enclosed. # € 100 The beautiful colour-plates were lithographed in Belgium by G. Severyns after paintings by Abraham Jacobus Wendel. They depict flowers and fruit then growing in The Netherlands. Publication started in 1875 on the initiative of the Pomological Society at Boskoop. * Nissen BBI 1474.
Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus deltoides From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1844, volume 8, plate 578. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 247 x 305 mm). Text enclosed. # € 80 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.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus plumarius* Barratt’s conqueror pink** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 32, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 130 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus plumarius* Davey’s Bolivar pink** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 93, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 135 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus plumarius* Dry’s earl of Uxbridge pink** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 55, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 130 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus plumarius* House’s woodland beauty pink** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 47, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 125 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
*Caryophyllaceae - Dianthus plumarius* Knight’s lady Acland pink** From: The florist’s guide and cultivators directory; containing coloured figures of the choicest flowers, cultivated by florists; incuding ranunculus, carnations, picotees, pinks, roses, georginas, polyanthus, auriculas, hyacinths, & tulips, with their descriptions, and an account of the most approved methods of culture by Robert Sweet. London, James Ridgway, 1827-1832, plate 40, hand-coloured engraved plate by S. Watts after Edwin Dalton Smith (sheet 155 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 125 "A finely coloured work, of even quality throughout; Auriculas, Carnations, Pinks and Tulips predominating" (Dunthorne). A total of 2 volumes with 200 plates were published of this highly decorative practical guide to the cultivation of many of the most beautiful flowering plants then available. * Pritzel 9080; Dunthorne 296; Blunt & Stearn p. 212; Great flower books p. 77; Nissen BBI 1925; Johnston 930.
Caryophyllaceae - Holosteum umbellatum From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1844, volume 8, plate 636. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 250 x 305 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.
Caryophyllaceae - Honkenya peploides From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1828, volume 5, plate 379. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 244 x 302 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.
Caryophyllaceae - Lychnis dioica - Lychnis sylvestris From: Flora batava by Jan Kops, Herman Christiaan van Hall and others. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1832, volume 6, plate 408. Hand-coloured engraving (uncut, unpressed sheet 241 x 298 mm). Text enclosed. # € 135 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.
Caryophyllaceae - Lychnis flos-jovis - Agrostemma flos-jovis From: The botanical magazine; or flower-garden displayed by William Curtis. London, 1798, volume 12, plate 398. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 143 x 237 mm). Text enclosed. € 50 "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.
Caryophyllaceae - Lychnis githago - Agrostemma githago From: Flora rustica: exhibiting accurate figures of such plants as are either useful or injurious in husbandry by Thomas Martyn. London, F.P. Nodder, [1793], volume 3, plate 105. Hand-coloured engraving by Frederick Polydore Nodder (sheet 133 x 220 mm). Slightly browned. Text enclosed. € 30 "Frederick Polydore Nodder (fl. 1777-1800), Botanic Painter to Queen Charlotte, made illustrations for Erasmus Darwin’s Botanic Garden, and a number of delicate little plates for T. Martyn’s Flora Rustica …" (Blunt). The plates were not only drawn and engraved by Nodder, but also coloured under his direction. Thomas Martyn was professor of botany at Cambridge. * Pritzel 5929; Dunthorne 196; Blunt p. 151; Great flower books p. 67; Hunt 721; Nissen BBI 1291; Henrey 1023; Stafleu & Cowan 5570.
Caryophyllaceae - Lychnis grandiflora (3 varieties) From: Flora. Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz., voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen by Heinrich Witte. Groningen, J.B. Wolters, (1868), plate 8. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns after Abraham Jacobus Wendel (sheet 224 x 302 mm). Slight stain in corner. Text enclosed. # € 120 Heinrich Witte, a Dutch gardener, was assistant curator and head-curator at the Leiden botanical garden from 1855-1898. The decorative colour-plates depict the most attractive Dutch garden plants, shrubs and trees of its time, finely lithographed by G. Severeyns of Brussels after paintings by Abraham Jacobus Wendel. * Pritzel 10.366; Nissen BBI 2174; Stafleu & Cowan 18.090; Landwehr 213.
Caryophyllaceae - Lychnis × haageana (4 varieties) From: Revue de l’horticulture belge et étrangère by Frédéric Burvenich, Oswald de Kerchove de Denterchem, Édouard Pynaert, August van Geert & Hubert J. van Hulle (editors). Gand [Gent], Bureau de la Revue, 1891, volume 17, plate 1. Chromolithograph (sheet 164 x 250 mm). Text enclosed. # € 30 Belgian monthly, published from 1875-1914, giving general information about horticulture, new introductions and varieties, exhibitions etc. Most colour-plates were drawn and lithographed by P. de Pannemaeker, one of the leading artists of this time when Gent became the horticultural centre of the continent. * BPH 781-22; not in Nissen BBI.
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