Botanical, Art, Garden Flowers, L’Illustration Horticole, Antique Prints, late 19th Century

P. de Pannemaeker, A. Goossens, et al. (after)
P. de Pannemaeker (chromolithographer)
Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898) (publisher & director)
Lucien Linden (1853-1940) (publisher & administrator)
Émile Rodigas (editor)
Assortment of Botanical Prints
from L’Illustration Horticole: Revue Mensuelle Des Plantes Les Plus Remarquables
[Horticulture Illustrated: The Monthly Journal of the most Remarkable Plants]
Imprimerie Eug. Vanderhaeghen, Rue des Champs, Ghent, Belgium, 1887-93
Chromolithographs
14 x 10.75 inches, overall
$250 to $750 each

Attractive botanical prints of plants representing horticultural achievements of the late Victorian era. L’Illustration Horticole was a collaborative effort of the great horticulturists and field botanists of the day. The series encompassed full-page chromolithographs, as well and black-and-white woodblock illustrations, of newly discovered or cultivated species, together with discussions of horticultural history, and accounts of the major expositions and scholarly works.

The prints we offer include studies of carnations, begonias, dahlias, gladiolas, chrysanthemums, orchids, calla lilies, azaleas, passion flowers, palms, foliage plants, fruits, a carnivorous pitcher plant, and many others. Many are arranged as decorative bouquets, and others are shown growing in natural habitat. We feature here nearly every print from 1887 to 1893, when L’Illustration Horticole was published monthly by Jean Jules Linden and his son Lucien in the more desirable folio edition (full sheets, not folded). These are considerably larger than the octavo editions (c. 1854-86, 1894-96). Each folio edition was published as a fascicle in paper wraps and generally featured two chromolithograph botanical prints. The full title of the folio series is L’Illustration Horticole: Revue Mensuelle Des Plantes Les Plus Remarquables des Introductions Nouvelles et des Faits le Plus Intéressants de l’Horticulture Internationale [Horticulture Illustrated: The Monthly Journal of the most Remarkable Plants, New Introductions, and the most Interesting Facts of International Horticulture.]

The predecessor publication, L’Illustration Horticole: Journal Spécial Des Serres et Des Jardins, was founded in 1854 by Ambroise Verschaffelt, a third-generation Belgian nurseryman, in Ghent, Belgium, and edited for its first 16 years by Charles Lemaire, a prominent botanist and professor. In 1869, Jean Jules Linden, the renowned horticulturist, orchid grower and collector, purchased Verschaffelt’s nursery and took over directorship of the publication. In 1870, he replaced Lemaire with the French horticulturist Edouard André as editor and changed the name to L’Illustration Horticole: Revue Mensuelle Des Serres et Des Jardins, beginning with volume 17. The name was changed again in the 1880s to L’Illustration Horticole: Revue Mensuelle Des Plantes Les Plus Remarquables. From the mid 1880s, orchidologist Émile Rodigas served as editor. This periodical continued until 1896, after which it was combined with the Lindens’ Le Journal des Orchidées [The Journal of Orchids], also edited by Rodigas, into a new periodical, Le Semaine Horticole [Horticultural Week].

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