This is VOLUME ONE (1851) of La BELGIQUE HORTICOLE.
486 Pages. This inaugural volume measures 6 ¼" x 9 ½". 8 vo. Bound
in contemporary quarter dark green morocco, with gilded cover and pages. The
twenty-four prints in this volume are beautiful, original, hand-colored
botanical engravings of fruit and flowers, with bright vivid colors, depicted in
brilliant color as seen in the photos below. G. Severeyns produced these plates.
There is some very faint offsetting of the text to the back of a few plates
which does not detract from their beauty.
The Ending of the nineteenth century produced magnificent publications brought about through the impetus of botanical exploration, which reached its peak just before the turn of the century. The body of art and science were tightly interwoven. It was a time when the natural sciences spawned the most artful expression of the printer's craft ever achieved.
During the 19th century Belgium became the center of flower and fruit cultivation on the European continent and a number of important publications were produced. LA BELGIQUE HORTICOLE began publication in 1851 and captured beautifully colored botanical chromolithographs. Ghent (Gand) was the center of Horticulture and market gardening. It is one of Belgium's oldest cities and the historic capital of Flanders. This inaugural edition offered here was lithographed and hand finished in Ghent Belgium also known as "The City of Flowers"
- Impatiens IMPATIENS
- Groseillier epineux CURRANT FRUIT
- Monarda HORSEMINT
- Groseilliers a grappes et cassis CURRANT FRUIT
- Dicentra spectabilis. Dc., Nemophila maculata. Benth., Brachycome iberidifolia BLEEDING HEART, FIVE SPOT,SWAN RIVER CAISY
- Fraises STRAWBERRY FRUIT
- Heliotrope Immortalite de Louis - marie HELIOTROPE
- Lippia nodiflora. Campanula persicaefolia FROG FRUIT, BELL FLOWER
- Cerise de Stavelot, Griotte de Legraye, Cerise - toupie de Henrard. CHERRY FRUIT
- Cypripedium atsmori. C. pubescens. C. spectabile LADYSLIPPER ORCHIDS
- Chito. Cucumis Chito. Morr. MELON FRUIT
- Penstemon. heterophyllus, azurens. PENSTEMON
- Coignassier du japon QUINCE FRUIT
- Oeillets de Verviers CARNATIONS
- Pomme noire, Bergamotte Poire PEAR, APPLE FRUIT
- Tagetes MARIGOLDS
- Peche Gathoye, Peche Comte D'Ansembourg
- Fritillaria FRITILLARIA
- Poires Chilperic, Le Kerbetje de Verreghem. PEAR FRUIT
- Weigelia rosea, Deutzia gracilis WEIGELIA
- Prunes. De Mimm., de Jefferson PLUM FRUIT
- Nymphaea. WATER LILY
- Raisins. Mill Hill, de Hambourg. WINE GRAPES
- Indigofera purpurea, Grammanthes gentianoides. INDIGO, GRAMMANTHES
- Framboisiers RASPBERRIES FRUIT
ITEM # BEL-1851 PRICE $450.00
