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Hippocastanaceae - Aesculus flava
From: Afbeeldingen der fraaiste, meest uitheemsche boomen en heesters by Johan Carl Krauss.
Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1802 [-1808]. Hand-coloured engraving (sheet 230
x 284 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; Nissen BBI 1102; Great flower books p.
63; Landwehr 98; Stafleu & Cowan 3927.
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Hippocastanaceae - Aesculus hippocastanum x
flore pleno
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 70. Chromolithograph by A.J. Wendel (sheet 247 x 324 mm).
Small marginal repaired tears. Text enclosed.€ 80
The beautiful colour-plates were lithographed in Belgium by G. Severyns. 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.
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Hippocastanaceae - Aesculus pavia
From: Afbeeldingen
der fraaiste, meest uitheemsche boomen en heesters by Johan Carl Krauss.
Amsterdam, Johannes Allart, 1802 [-1808]. Hand-coloured copper-engraving (sheet 230
x 284 mm). Text enclosed.€ 125
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; Nissen BBI 1102; Great flower books p. 63; Landwehr 98; Stafleu & Cowan 3927.
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