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		Ericaceae R1
		*Rhododendron barbatum* From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others.

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Ericaceae - Rhododendron arboreum From: The botanical register by Sydenham Teast Edwards and others. London, James Ridgeway, 1825, volume 11, plate 890. Hand-coloured engraving by S. Watts after M. Hart (sheet 249 x 298 mm with folds). Text missing. € 80 Sydenham Teast Edwards was a botanical artist who worked for 27 years for Curtis’s Botanical magazine. In 1815 he started the rival The botanical register; consisting of coloured figures of exotic plants, cultivated in British gardens; with their history and mode of treatment. The text for the first 14 years is by John Bellenden Ker and the volumes 15-33 by John Lindley as Edward’s botanical register. The principal illustrators were Edwards himself, M. Hart and Miss Drake and the engravers Sansom, Smith, S. Watts, White and G. Barclay. * Pritzel 2621; Dunthorne 108; Nissen BBI 2379; Great flower books p. 84; Stafleu & Cowan 1625; Johnston 784.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron arboreum x boddaertianum From: Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Journal d’horticulture by Charles Morren (editor). Gand [Gent], Local de la Société (Casino), etc., 1845, volume 1, plate 20. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 168 x 257 mm). Slightly wrinkled by damp. Text enclosed. € 50 Belgian horticultural journal, published from 1845-1849 by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Gent, organizer of the famous flower shows in Gent, Gentse Floraliën, since 1809. Started and edited by Charles Morren at the same time as the more successful competitor Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte. * Nissen BBI 2212; Great flower books p. 84.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron arboreum x ambroisie From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1854, volume 9, plate 945. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant finished by hand (sheet 160 x 243 mm). Text enclosed. € 60 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron arboreum - Rhododendron nilagiricum From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1855, volume 10, plate 1030-1031. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 240 x 338 mm with folds). Text enclosed. € 100 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron arboreum - Rhododendron nilagiricum From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1889, July - December, volume 36, plate 710. Chromolithograph by Guillaume Severeyns after painting by H.G. Moon (sheet 287 x 223 mm). Text enclosed. € 115 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; B-P-H 391-10.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron barbatum From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1849, volume 5, plate 469-472. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 332 x 490 mm with folds and neatly repaired marginal tear). Text enclosed. € 230 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron boothii From: l’Illustration horticole, journal spécial des serres et des jardins by Charles Lemaire (editor) and published by Ambroise Verschaffelt. Gand [Gent], F. et E. Gyselynck, 1858, volume 5, plate 174. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 170 x 255 mm). Text enclosed. € 55 One of the great Belgian horticultural periodicals, published over 43 years. From 1854-1868 Lemaire worked for Ambroise Verschaffelt, in which period he edited this journal. In 1869 the Verschaffelt Établissement was bought up by Jean Jules Linden and the editorship went to Éduard André. * Pritzel 5205; Nissen BBI 2343; Stafleu & Cowan II p. 834.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron boothii 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, 1881, volume 7, plate 8. Chromolithograph (sheet 168 x 250 mm). Text enclosed. € 35 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron campanulatum + *arboreum* (4 varieties) From: Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Journal d’horticulture by Charles Morren (editor). Gand [Gent], Local de la Société (Casino), etc., 1845, volume 1, plate 29. Hand-coloured lithograph with details of flowers by Alex. Lagarde (sheet 165 x 250 mm). Slight spots. Text enclosed. € 45 Belgian horticultural journal, published from 1845-1849 by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Gent, organizer of the famous flower shows in Gent, Gentse Floraliën, since 1809. Started and edited by Charles Morren at the same time as the more successful competitor Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte. * Nissen BBI 2212; Great flower books p. 84.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron campanulatum From: l’Horticulteur universel, journal général des jardiniers et amateurs by Charles Lemaire (editor). Paris, H. Cousin, 1840, volume 1, plate 32. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 225 x 268 mm with fold). Text missing. € 60 * Pritzel 5201; Stafleu & Cowan 4374.
*Ericaceae - Rhododendron catawbiense* Duc de Brabant** From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1853, volume 8, plate 836-837. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 238 x 339 mm with folds). Text enclosed. € 90 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron caucasicum [?] - Rhododendron rosalba (Rhod. Caucasico-venustum) From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1855, volume 10, plate 1038. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 160 x 240 mm). Text enclosed. € 45 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron concessum [?] 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 18. Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns after Abraham Jacobus Wendel (sheet 224 x 302 mm). Text enclosed. € 160 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron ciliatum x roseo-album From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1852, volume 8, plate 766. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 158 x 238 mm). Slightly browned. Text enclosed. € 65 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron cinnabarinum - Rhododendron blandfordiaeflorum From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1856, volume 11, plate 1173. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 155 x 240 mm). Text enclosed. € 60 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron citrinum From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1855, volume 10, plate 970. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 160 x 240 mm). Text enclosed. € 55 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron chrysanthum From: Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen by Johannes Zorn. Amsterdam, J.C. Sepp, 1796, volume 3, plate 254. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 106 x 204 mm). Text enclosed in photocopy. € 40 Dutch edition of Zorn’s Icones plantarum medicinalum. A beautifully illustrated and hand-coloured work on medical plants, published in 6 volumes and a rare supplement. * Pritzel 4871 & 10.678; Nissen BBI 2203; Stafleu & Cowan 18.747; Landwehr 2.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron cinnabarinum - Rhododendron roylei From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1893, July - December, volume 44, plate 940. Chromolithograph by Guillaume Severeyns after painting by H.G. Moon (sheet 220 x 280 mm). Illustrated text enclosed. € 100 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; B-P-H 391-10.
*Ericaceae - Rhododendron dalhousieae* Countess of Haddington** From: Revue de l’horticulture belge et étrangère by Frédéric Burvenich, Oswald de Kerchove de Denterchem, Édouard Pynaert, Émile Rodigas, August van Geert & Hubert J. van Hulle (editors). Gand [Gent], Bureau de la Revue, 1885, volume 11, plate 12. Chromolithograph (sheet 167 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 55 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. * B-P-H 781-22; not in Nissen BBI.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron dalhousieae x victorianum 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, 1887, volume 13, plate 5. Chromolithograph (sheet 165 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 40 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. * B-P-H 781-22; not in Nissen BBI.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron edgeworthii From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1852, volume 8, plate 797-798. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 238 x 337 mm with folds). Text enclosed. € 90 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron falconeri From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1849, volume 5, plate 477-480. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 332 x 485 mm with folds and neatly repaired marginal tear). Text enclosed. € 225 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron falconeri From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1856, volume 11, plate 1166-1167. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 240 x 343 mm with folds). Text enclosed. € 90 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron ferrugineum From: Afbeeldingen der fraaiste, meest uitheemsche boomen en heesters by Johan Carl Krauss. Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1802 [-1808]. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 230 x 280 mm). Text enclosed. € 120 Rare Dutch work on shrubs and trees, with splendid, highly finished plates, showing details as fruits, flowers, branches, seeds, etc. The work was orginally published in 21 parts, each containing 6 plates, but publication was discontinued because of insufficient sales. The author (1759-1826) was a German-born professor of medicine at Leiden. * Pritzel 4872; Great flower books p. 63; Nissen BBI 1102; Landwehr 98; Stafleu & Cowan 3927.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron ferrugineum 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 206. Unsigned stipple-engraving in colour by Jean Henri Jaume Saint-Hilaire finished by hand (uncut and unbound sheet 175 x 265). Text enclosed. Slightly foxed. € 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron formosum From: Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Journal d’horticulture by Charles Morren (editor). Gand [Gent], Local de la Société (Casino), etc., 1849, volume 5, plate 273. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 165 x 257 mm). Text enclosed. € 55 Belgian horticultural journal, published from 1845-1849 by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Gent, organizer of the famous flower shows in Gent, Gentse Floraliën, since 1809. Started and edited by Charles Morren at the same time as the more successful competitor Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte. * Nissen BBI 2212; Great flower books p. 84.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron formosum - Rhododendron gibsonis From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1845, volume 1. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 224 x 345 mm with folds and marginal repair). Text enclosed. € 75 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron fulgens From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1853, volume, plate 789. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 160 x 238 mm). Text enclosed. € 75 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron indicum (4 varieties). From: l’Illustration horticole, journal spécial des serres et des jardins by Charles Lemaire (editor) and published by Ambroise Verschaffelt. Gand [Gent], F. et E. Gyselynck, 1858, volume 5, plate 182. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 255 x 327 mm with fold). Text enclosed. € 120 One of the great Belgian horticultural periodicals, published over 43 years. From 1854-1868 Lemaire worked for Ambroise Verschaffelt, in which period he edited this journal. In 1869 the Verschaffelt Établissement was bought up by Jean Jules Linden and the editorship went to Éduard André. * Pritzel 5205; Nissen BBI 2343; Stafleu & Cowan II p. 834.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron indicum - Azalea amoena. From: Le jardin fleuriste, journal général des progrès et des intérêts horticoles et botaniques by Charles Lemaire (editor). Gand [Gent], F. et E. Gyselynck, 1854, volume 4, plate 329. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 163 x 245 mm, marginal light stain). Text enclosed. € 45 § 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron ledifolium x plures (3 varieties) From: Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Journal d’horticulture by Charles Morren (editor). Gand [Gent], Local de la Société (Casino), etc., 1845, volume 1, plate 19. Hand-coloured lithograph by Alex. Lagarde (sheet 168 x 257 mm). Slightly wrinkled by damp and small marginal spot. Text enclosed. € 40 Belgian horticultural journal, published from 1845-1849 by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Gent, organizer of the famous flower shows in Gent, Gentse Floraliën, since 1809. Started and edited by Charles Morren at the same time as the more successful competitor Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte. * Nissen BBI 2212; Great flower books p. 84.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron ledifolium - Rhododendron (Azalea) ledifolium x ambrosii From: Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Journal d’horticulture by Charles Morren (editor). Gand [Gent], Local de la Société (Casino), etc., 1847, volume 3, plate 139. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 169 x 254 mm). Text enclosed. € 50 Belgian horticultural journal, published from 1845-1849 by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Gent, organizer of the famous flower shows in Gent, Gentse Floraliën, since 1809. Started and edited by Charles Morren at the same time as the more successful competitor Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte. * Nissen BBI 2212; Great flower books p. 84.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron lepidotum. From: Le jardin fleuriste, journal général des progrès et des intérêts horticoles et botaniques by Charles Lemaire (editor). Gand [Gent], F. et E. Gyselynck, 1854, volume 4, plate 343. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 163 x 244 mm). Text enclosed. € 60 § 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.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron ponticum - Rhododendron azaleoides var. crispiflorum From: l’Illustration horticole, journal spécial des serres et des jardins by Charles Lemaire (editor) and published by Ambroise Verschaffelt. Gand [Gent], F. et E. Gyselynck, 1858, volume 5, plate 181. Chromolithograph finished by hand (sheet 170 x 255 mm). Text enclosed. € 45 One of the great Belgian horticultural periodicals, published over 43 years. From 1854-1868 Lemaire worked for Ambroise Verschaffelt, in which period he edited this journal. In 1869 the Verschaffelt Établissement was bought up by Jean Jules Linden and the editorship went to Éduard André. * Pritzel 5205; Nissen BBI 2343; Stafleu & Cowan II p. 834.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron sinense - Azalea sinensis x macrantha From: Annales de la Société royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, Journal d’horticulture by Charles Morren (editor). Gand [Gent], Local de la Société (Casino), etc., 1847, volume 3, plate 122. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 165 x 250 mm). Text enclosed. € 45 Belgian horticultural journal, published from 1845-1849 by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical Society of Gent, organizer of the famous flower shows in Gent, Gentse Floraliën, since 1809. Started and edited by Charles Morren at the same time as the more successful competitor Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe of the nurseryman Louis van Houtte. * Nissen BBI 2212; Great flower books p. 84.
Ericaceae - Rhododendron x smithii - Rhododendrum smithii aureum From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1845, volume 1. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 159 x 238 mm). Text enclosed. € 55 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.
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