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Large Antique Botany Print of The Falconer Rhododendron by Van Houtte, 1849
$210 (£155, €185)
Period original, not a reproduction.
Shipped from the Netherlands, flat, insured and tracked, worldwide. Returns accepted within 14 days.
- Date
- 1849
- Size
- 19.1 × 13 in (48.5 × 33 cm)
- Condition
- Fair. Original folding lines. General age-related toning. Small repairs on folding lines and larger repair on a tear (also affecting image). Blank verso, please study image carefully.
- Period
- Early 19th century
- Artist or book
- Louis van Houtte
- Section
- Birds
- Reference
- f_26237272
Antique botany print titled 'Rhododendrum Falconeri'. Large lithograph of the falconer rhododendron. This print originates from volume 5 of 'Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe' by Louis van Houtte.
Artists and Engravers: Louis Benoît van Houtte (29 June 1810, in Ypres, 9 May 1876, in Ghent) was a Belgian horticulturist.
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