Set of Four Botanical Hand-Colored Lithographs
#9037PZ. 1845-1880. Belgium. Louis Benoit Van Houtte (1810-1876) was a noted Belgian horticulturalist who published extensive color plates of plants between 1845-1880 in a multi-volume set, "Flore des Serres et des Jardins de L'Europe." These 4 examples were matted and framed in the 1990's in England - "ANTHURIUM ANDEGAVENSE", "APHELANDRA AURANTIACA ROEZLI", "BRUGMANSIA SANGUINEA", and "ANTHURIUM SCHERZERIANUM". Condition: excellent - minor wear and losses on frames. Each 22" tall x 18.5" wide. THE SET: $1,600.00.
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