Gesneriaceae - Haberlea rhodopensis
Campanulaceae - Campanula carpatica - Campanula
turbinata From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William
Robinson (editor). London, 1886, July - December, volume 30, plate 559.
Chromolithograph (sheet 283 x 217 mm). Illustrated 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; B-P-H 391-10.
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Gesneriaceae - Hypocyrta scabrida
From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l’Europe by Charles Lemaire and others.
Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1847, volume 3, plate 238. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 160 x
237 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.
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