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IMPORTANT BOTANICAL BOOKS FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF THE CLEVELAND BOTANICAL GARDEN
SCHNEEVOOGT, Georg Voorhelm (1775-1871?). Icones plantarum rariorum. Haarlem: C. Plaat, [1792]-1793-[1795].
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SCHNEEVOOGT, Georg Voorhelm (1775-1871?). Icones plantarum rariorum. Haarlem: C. Plaat, [1792]-1793-[1795].
2° (449 x 281 mm). Half-title, 48 engraved plates (47 with contemporary hand coloring as issued) by and after H. Schwegman and P. van Loo. 19th-century green half leather and diced boards (light rubbing or wear to edges).
FIRST EDITION, published in 4 installments. 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 p.168). Cleveland Collections 620; Great Flower Books p.75; Hunt 728; Nissen BBI 1784; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.931.
2° (449 x 281 mm). Half-title, 48 engraved plates (47 with contemporary hand coloring as issued) by and after H. Schwegman and P. van Loo. 19th-century green half leather and diced boards (light rubbing or wear to edges).
FIRST EDITION, published in 4 installments. 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 p.168). Cleveland Collections 620; Great Flower Books p.75; Hunt 728; Nissen BBI 1784; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 10.931.