Lot 1096
1096
BOTANY -- SCHNEEVOOGT, G. Voorhelm. Icones Plantarum Rariorum. Afbeeldingen van zeldzaame en fraaije Bloem- en Plant-Gewassen. Haarlem, C. Plaat, [1792-]1793[-1795]. W. 48 beautifully handcold. plates engr. by and after H. Schwegman & P. van Loo (1 uncold. plate), w. accomp. text-leaves. Lge-fol. Cont. brds. (Bind. rubbed, paper on spine partly gone, corners bumped, but in impeccable interior condition: extremely clean and wide-margined).
This work was published in fascicles and edited by S.J.M. van Geuns. The text is in Latin, Dutch, French and German. "Holland produced several magnificently illustrated works, of which Schneevoogt's Icones Plantarum Rariorum (…), with plates after paintings by P. van Loo and Hendrik Schwegman, is the finest. Its plates record new and rare plants cultivated in Holland, many of which were grown in the celebrated Voorhelm and Schneevoogt nursery at Haarlem" (Blunt, The Art of Botanical Illustration, p. 168). - Rare, complete copy. Nissen, BBI 1784; Hunt 728; Pritzel 8295; Johnston 620.€ 8000
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