From: La Belgique horticole. Annales d’horticulture Belge et étrangère by Édouard Morren (editor).
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Nolina longifolia - Dasylirion longifolium From: La Belgique horticole. Annales d’horticulture Belge et étrangère by Édouard Morren (editor). |
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Dracaenaceae - Dracaena draco From: Tuinbouw-flora van Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen; bevattende de geschiedenis en afbeeldingen van nieuwe of merkwaardige planten, bloemen, vruchten, mededeelingen omtrent de kultuur in haren geheelen omvang, in betrekking tot Nederland en zijne overzeesche bezittingen by Willem Hendrik de Vriese. Leiden, A.W. Sythoff, 1856, volume 3. Tinted lithograph (sheet 158 x 248 mm). Extensive text by H. Witte enclosed: De ouderdom der boomen, mentioning this specimen of Orotava on Teneriffe. € 45
Only 3 volumes were published from 1855-1856 of this finely illustrated work about the horticulure
and floriculture of especially Indonesia. The fine plates are by J. v. Aken, A.
Brouwer, Q.M.R. Ver Huell and A.J. Wendel, lithographed by A.J. Bos, Riocreux,
P.W.M. Trap, A.J. Wendel and Wohlfart. The author, Willem Hendrik de Vriese
(1806-1862), a Dutch botanist, studied medicine in Leiden, practicing and
lecturing in Rotterdam, was professor of botany in Amsterdam and travelled in
the Dutch East Indies from 1858-1861.* Great flower books p. 80; Nissen BBI 2089; Stafleu & Cowan 16.422; Landwehr 210. |
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Dracenaceae - Dracaena goldieana From: l’Illustration horticole. Revue mensuelle des serres et des jardins by Éduard André (editor) and published by Jean Jules Linden. Gand [Gent], 1878, volume 25, plate 300. Chromolithograph by P. de Pannemaker finished by hand (sheet 352 x 267 mm with fold). Text enclosed. € 70
One of the great Belgian horticultural periodicals,
published over 43 years. From 1854-1868 edited by Charles Lemaire and published
by Ambroise Verschaffelt. In 1869 the Verschaffelt Établissement was bought up
by Jean Jules Linden and the editorship went to Éduard André and ended in 1896.* Nissen BBI 2343; Stafleu & Cowan II p. 834 & III p. 43. |
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Dracenaceae - Dracaena fragrans - Aletris fragrans From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1808, volume 27, plate 1081. Hand-coloured engraving by Francis Sansom after Sydenham Teast Edwards (sheet 292 x 247 mm with folds). Slight offset. Text missing. € 100
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; Johnston 577. |
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| Dracaenaceae - Dracaena massangeana From: Revue de l’horticulture belge et étrangère by Frédéric Burvenich, Édouard Pynaert, Émile Rodigas, August van Geert & H.J. van Hulle (editors). Gand [Gent], Bureaux de la Revue, 1882, volume 8, plate 8. Chromolithograph (sheet 161 x 252 mm). Text enclosed. Some imperfecions. € 20
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.
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Dracaenaceae - Nolina longifolia - Dasylirion longifolium 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, 1865, volume 15, plate 20-21. Chromolithograph by F. de Tollenaere and P. Vervoort finished by hand (sheet 273 x 330 mm with folds). Text by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren enclosed. € 90
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. |
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Dracaenaceae - Nolina longifolia - Dasylirion longifolium From: La Belgique horticole. Annales d’horticulture Belge et étrangère by Édouard Morren (editor). Liège [Luik], La Direction Générale, 1865, volume 15, plate 20-21. Chromolithograph by F. de Tollenaere and P. Vervoort finished by hand (sheet 274 x 350 mm with strengthened folds). Text enclosed by Charles Jacques Édouard Morren. € 65
Important Belgian periodical. A total of 35 volumes were produced by the Morrens, father and son,
from 1851-1885. * Nissen BBI 2218; Stafleu & Cowan pp. 592-593. |
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