Los 2508
Nederlandsch Bloemwerk.
Door een gezelschap geleerden. Amst., J.B. Elwe, 1794, II,(2),125,(6)p., contemp. handcol. engr. title-p. by H.L. MYLING after P.T. VAN BRUSSEL, 53 contemp. handcol. plates, contemp. gilt hcalf, 4to.
- Los
- 2508
- Auktion
- Auction 80, 13-17 May 2024
- Schätzpreis
- 5.000 € – 7.000 €
- Zuschlag
- 5.500 €
- Fotos
- 6 Fotos
Zustand
Plate 7 sm. waterstain in upper blank margin (not touching the plate); occas. sl. fingersoiled in outer lower blank corner; contents otherwise entirely clean and fine. Paper over covers worn. A very fine copy, with ample margins (total paper size: 28x22 cm.).
Anmerkungen
Landwehr, Dutch Books w. Col. Plates 29; Dunthorne 215; Nissen, BBI 2219; Hunt 733: "Nederlandsch Bloemwerk is a symbol and representation of the ascendancy of the Dutch nurseryman, the developer and disperser of tulips, hyacinths, and auriculas at the end of the eighteenth century. At the same time it takes a backward glance at the art of the gardener and of the flower-painter of a century and a half earlier, the golden age of Tulipomania (...)". The plates are usually assigned to Paul Theodor van Brussel (mainly on the basis of his signature on the title-p.). He closely followed the plates by Robert Nicolas in several of his designs. Interestingly, most of the plates show the flowers with visiting insects, and on the first 18 plates these insects have tiny engr. numbers apparently referencing to the accomp. textleaves. However, the text does not mention any of the insects. From plate 18 onwards, the insects cease to be shown with a number. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXIX.