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Jean-Jules Linden (1817-1898)
Pescatorea. Iconographie des Orchidées. Brussels: M. Hayez, 1860. Volume I (all published), 2° (445 x 317mm). Half-title. 48 hand-coloured lithographic plates by F. Detollenaere after Detollenaere and Maubert. (Occasional very light spotting.) Contemporary green morocco-backed cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt with title, the lower with an armorial crest above 'de J. v. E' (the spine with small section torn away at foot and chipped at head, joints rubbed, corners bumped).
First edition of this important work covering a wide-ranging selection of the most beautiful orchids then in cultivation. The work is named in honour of J.-P. Pescatore of St.Cloud, one of the earliest orchid amateurs and, a client of Linden's, who according to Linden, maintained 'la plus riche collection d'Orchidées du continent'. His death and the subsequent withdrawal of financial support by his executors meant that the publication was unable to proceed beyond the present single volume (made up from 12 livraisons of 4 plates each): this was apparently very much against Pescatore's wishes, but the unexpectedness of his death had not allowed him time to make his views clear to his heirs. Linden was, "An orchid hunter par excellence... [he] was the first to search the mountain regions diligently for his orchids. In so doing, he was able to obtain many cool-temperature plants for his sponsors in Belgium... in 1845 with his son, Lucien, he founded Horticulture Internationale, the first major commercial competitor of the British orchid house Messrs. Sander" (The Orchid observed no.16). During his lifetime he was repsonsible for importing 1100 different orchid species. Great Flower Books (1990) p.113; Nissen BBI 1196; Stafleu and Cowan 4622.
Pescatorea. Iconographie des Orchidées. Brussels: M. Hayez, 1860. Volume I (all published), 2° (445 x 317mm). Half-title. 48 hand-coloured lithographic plates by F. Detollenaere after Detollenaere and Maubert. (Occasional very light spotting.) Contemporary green morocco-backed cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt with title, the lower with an armorial crest above 'de J. v. E' (the spine with small section torn away at foot and chipped at head, joints rubbed, corners bumped).
First edition of this important work covering a wide-ranging selection of the most beautiful orchids then in cultivation. The work is named in honour of J.-P. Pescatore of St.Cloud, one of the earliest orchid amateurs and, a client of Linden's, who according to Linden, maintained 'la plus riche collection d'Orchidées du continent'. His death and the subsequent withdrawal of financial support by his executors meant that the publication was unable to proceed beyond the present single volume (made up from 12 livraisons of 4 plates each): this was apparently very much against Pescatore's wishes, but the unexpectedness of his death had not allowed him time to make his views clear to his heirs. Linden was, "An orchid hunter par excellence... [he] was the first to search the mountain regions diligently for his orchids. In so doing, he was able to obtain many cool-temperature plants for his sponsors in Belgium... in 1845 with his son, Lucien, he founded Horticulture Internationale, the first major commercial competitor of the British orchid house Messrs. Sander" (The Orchid observed no.16). During his lifetime he was repsonsible for importing 1100 different orchid species. Great Flower Books (1990) p.113; Nissen BBI 1196; Stafleu and Cowan 4622.
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