Amherstia Nobilis [Pride of Burma or Orchid Tree, (Fabaceae family)] [Local Name: Queen of Flowering Trees]

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Author: Hoola van Nooten, Berthe / Severeyns, G. [lith.] / Depannemaeker, P.

Publisher: Emile Tarlier in Brussels.

Year: 1863

Size: 56 x 39.5 cm (page)

Reference: Nissen BBI 931; Landwehr 79; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 3025; L. Tongiorgi Tomasi An Oak Spring Flora 87.
SKU: 2454 Category: Tag:

Description

original colour chromolithograph.

Botanical print from the EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION of the Album ‘Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de la Flore et de la Pomone de L’ile de Java’, French and English text. Printed from Van Nooten’s original sketches by P. Depannemaeker. Chromolithography by G. Severeyns. Mme Berthe Hoola van Nooten was born in Utrecht, Holland in 1817. A botanist, author & watercolorist, she moved & settled in Indonesia in 1847, where she painted over 40 fruits & flowers which became the basis for this album.

Condition

with minor foxing.

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