About this sheet
Antique botany print titled 'Rhododendrum Barbatum'. Large lithograph of the rhododendron barbatum. 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.
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.
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