Large Antique Botany Print of The Falconer Rhododendron by Van Houtte, 1849

€ 185

Original antique · The actual sheet photographed · Certificate of authenticity on request · Sold unframed · Worldwide shipping from € 15 (rates)

Date: 1849
Sheet size: 48.5 × 33 cm (19.1 × 13.0 in)
Condition: Fair
Reference: BG-12512-48

Condition

Original folding lines. General age-related toning. Small repairs on folding lines and larger repair on a tear (also affecting image). Blank verso. Please review the images for further condition details.

About this sheet

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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