ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY BOTANICAL BY LINDEN - CYCAD PALM

ORIGINAL 19TH CENTURY BOTANICAL BY LINDEN - CYCAD PALM (image 1/1)
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Please click to learn more about us Click to see all of our eBay auctions UP FOR AUCTION: Extremely rare and Unique piece of original, highly collectable 19th century artwork. A wonderful chromolithograph has been selected from a Belgian work entitled "L’Illustration Horticole", published in Ghent in 1854 under the supervision of Jean Linden. MAGNIFICENT CHROMOLITHOGRAPH Individual Sheet Size: 10.5x7 inches Condition: Excellent All Best Offers will be considered. Title: Encephalartos Cycadifolius (Cycad Palm) Author: Jules Linden Date: 1854 Special features: - Retail Value: $300. Historical Background: The Linden family were renowned horticulturalists and Jean Linden’s L’Illustration Horticole was one of the finest botanical periodicals of the latter half of the 19th Century. It was first published in Ghent, Belgium in 1854, and the plates were lavishly illustrated and lithographed by some of the very best botanical artists and lithographers - A. Goosens, P. De Pannemaeker and J. Goffart. During the time that Europe was in the grip of “orchid fever”, which some orchid lovers might say has never passed, Belgium became a dominant force in the cultivation of orchids. Jean Linden (1817-1898) was a famed “orchid hunter” during this time, organizing many trips to hunt orchids in their native habitats all over the world, read more
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