Ghent 1850. Very nice original color lithograph from approx. 1850. With accompanying text sheet. From Van Houtte's important flower magazine "Flore des Serres" -- sheet dimensions approx. 25 x 17 cm -- in good condition. || Magnificent color lithograph from c. 1850. With accompanying text page. -- Out of Louis Benoit van Houtte's work "Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe", published between 1845 and 1883. -- in good condition. || Louis Benoît van Houtte (1810-1876) was a renowned Belgian horticulturist. Upon returning from an expedition to Brazil, he founded the Ecole d'Horticulture in his hometown Ghent. Around the same time, together with French botanist Charles Lemaire, he started publishing the horticultural journal Flore des serres et des Jardins de l'Europe. One of the firs.
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