Artist Biography:
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Henrik Witte [1825 - 1914] was a Dutch gardener and was the assistant curator becoming the head-curator of the Leiden Botanical Gardens from 1855 - 1898. He sponsored this book of the trees and beautiful floral from his beloved Leiden gardens.
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Date:
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1868
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Source:
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Flora, Afbeeldingen en beschrijvingen van boomen, heesters, éénjarige planten, enz, voorkomende in de Nederlandsche tuinen. First edition .
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Volume:
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1
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Plate No.:
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53
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Description:
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Eplobium Angustifolium linn. [Fireweed]
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Print Method:
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Chromolithograph by G. Severeyns on heavy stock, after the paintings of Abraham Jacobus Wensel.
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Condition:
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Some foxing with offset. Better that most plates from the first edition .
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Size of Print:
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30.2 x 22.4 cm. Approximately (12 x 9 in.)
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References:
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Protzel 10.366, Stafleu & Cowan 18.090, Nissen BBI 2017 p. 201, Landwehr p. 213
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