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Zingiberaceae - Curcuma petiolata - Curcuma
cordata From: Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe by Charles Lemaire and others. Gand [Gent], Louis van Houtte, 1849, volume 5, plate 448. Hand-coloured lithograph (sheet 165 x 253 mm). Text enclosed. € 50
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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