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Large Antique Botany Print of The Falconer Rhododendron by Van Houtte, 1849
No. f_26237272184933 × 48.5 cm
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Large Antique Botany Print of The Falconer Rhododendron by Van Houtte, 1849
€185
$205 · £155
Original print, not a reproduction
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- Date
- 1849
- Sheet 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.
- Collection
- Flowers
- Era
- 1800 to 1849, The golden age of botanical art
- Stock no.
- f_26237272
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
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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