From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor).
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Illicium floridanum From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). |
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| Illiciaceae - Illicium anisatum - Illicium religiosum From: Darstellung und Beschreibung sämtlicher in der Pharmacopoea Borusica aufgeführten offizinellen Gewächse by Otto Carl Berg & Carl Friedrich Schmidt. Leipzig, Arthur Felix, [1858-1863], 1. edition, volume 4, plate 30f. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 215 x 278 mm). Text enclosed. € 130
Berg was professor of pharmaceutical botany at Berlin University. Schmidt both
drew and lithographed the plates. He was a prolific artist who illustrated many
of the German botanical works of the 19th century. Jackson describes this work,
a survey of plants used in the Prussian pharmacopoeia, as A thoroughly good
book, probably the very best of its class; both in text and illustrations.* Pritzel 646; Jackson p. 203*; Nissen BBI 139; Stafleu & Cowan 10.873. |
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| Illiciaceae - Illicium anisatum From: Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen mit kurz erläuterndem Texte. Atlas zur Pharmacopoea germanica, austriaca, belgica, danica, helvetica, hungarica, rossica, suecica, neerlandica, british pharmacopoeia, zum Codex medicamentarius, sowie zur Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America by Hermann Adolph Koehler. Gera-Utermhaus, Fr.Eugen Köhler, 1887, 1. edition, volume 2, plate 117. Chromolithographed plate (sheet 219 x 299 mm). Text enclosed. € 60
Köhler’s magnum opus was published in parts from 1883-1898. The
first volume was finished in 1887, eight years after his death. The set of three
volumes with 283 colour-plates was a noteworthy achievement and included
European plants of medicinal interest. From the botanical standpoint the finest
and most useful series of illustrations of medicinal plants (Great flower
books). The beautiful colour-plates after illustrations by Walther Müller and
C.F. Schmidt, which were skillfully rendered in lithography by E. Günther.* Nissen BBI 1085; Great flower books p. 62; Stafleu & Cowan 3806. |
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| Illiciaceae - Illicium floridanum From: The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches by William Robinson (editor). London, 1889, July - December, volume 36, plate 714. Chromolithograph by Guillaume Severeyns after painting by H.G. Moon (sheet 223 x 287 mm). Illustrated text enclosed. € 95
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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