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422 - Review of Belgian and Foreign Horticulture [...]. Ghent: Journal Offices, 1875–1914. 40 issues in 24 vols., 8vo (no date, occasional spotting). Contemporary quarter-bound in green percaline, marbled paper boards, flat spines (some corners slightly bumped). Complete collection, richly illustrated with approximately 745 chromolithographs protected by tissue guards, depicting mostly flowers (some showing parterres, baskets, and insects), approximately 740 black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. The superb chromolithographs are the work of Pierre De Pannemaecker (and his son, from 1904 onward), a student of botanist Louis Van Houtte. Ref. Platiau, R. - *L'orchidée à Mariemont*, pp. 37 & 104. - Not listed in Nissen (BBI) or Pritzel.

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€1,500 - 2,000

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30%

Review of Belgian and Foreign Horticulture [...]. Ghent: Journal Offices, 1875–1914. 40 issues in 24 vols., 8vo (no date, occasional spotting). Contemporary quarter-bound in green percaline, marbled paper boards, flat spines (some corners slightly bumped). Complete collection, richly illustrated with approximately 745 chromolithographs protected by tissue guards, depicting mostly flowers (some showing parterres, baskets, and insects), approximately 740 black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text illustrations. The superb chromolithographs are the work of Pierre De Pannemaecker (and his son, from 1904 onward), a student of botanist Louis Van Houtte. Ref. Platiau, R. - *L'orchidée à Mariemont*, pp. 37 & 104. - Not listed in Nissen (BBI) or Pritzel.

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Auction details

Old and rare books, literature, autographs, archives
Thursday, December 3
01:00 PM
19/2 Rue aux Laines
1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

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Arenberg Auctions +3225441055 info@arenbergauctions.com
On Drouot for more than 10 years avec More than 48,000 lots published

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