Fine Rare Prints

Flora of the Glass Houses & Gardens of Europe
Louis Van Houtte, 1846

Gesneria
Gesneria gardneri
$35 - order #2677

Information

Louis Van Houtte was a famous nineteenth century Belgian horticulturalist. He engaged plant collectors and botanists to bring back attractive plants from around the world then illustrated many of the most beautiful in his celebrated work Flora of the Glass Houses & Gardens of Europe. Van Houtte wrote that the aim of this work was to "describe and illustrate the rarest and most excellent plants which have been bought to Europe in recent times."

This is a genuine antique not a reproduction.

Date

1846

Source

Flora of the Glass Houses & Gardens of Europe.

Print method

Beautifully and brightly hand-colored lithograph on medium weight matt paper

Condition

Very good condition

Size

9 by 6 inches (23 cm by 15.5 cm)

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