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The Abbe Laurent (or Lorenzo) Berl\u00e8se was a wealthy Italian abbot who carried out his botanical studies in Paris, where he established his own greenhouses.\u00a0 The camellia, which originated in China and Japan, was still something of an exotic plant.\u00a0 First reported in European scientific literature around 1700, travelers to Asia brought back cultivars during the 18th century.\u00a0 The first illustrations from live specimens, by British natural history artist George Edwards, appeared mid 18th century.\u00a0 Berl\u00e8se\u2019s achievement was the establishment of a classification system for camellias based on the flower form.\u00a0 By the third of edition of his Monographie du Genre Camellia<\/strong> (1837-1840) he listed 701 varieties.\u00a0 He followed this work with the influential Iconographie du Genre Camellia,<\/strong> a major three-volume study of 300 varieties (the source of these prints).\u00a0 In 1846, he sold his camellia collection to a commercial grower, returned to Italy and published no further works on the subject.<\/p>\n

Condition: Generally very good with the usual overall light toning and wear.\u00a0 Some minor miniscule particle adhesion to gum Arabic, as is typical.\u00a0 Very minor occasional light scattered foxing.\u00a0 Some sheets more white in tone, others creamier.<\/p>\n

Reference:<\/p>\n

Scott, Patrick and Tasseva, Mila. \u201cThe Culture of Camellias.\u201d\u00a0 University of South Carolina Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. <\/em>26 May 2000.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.sc.edu\/library\/spcoll\/nathist\/camellia\/camellia4.html (3 March 2005).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Laurent Berl\u00e8se (1784-1863) (editor)
\nJ.J. Jung (after)
\nDumenil, Gabriel and Oudet (engravers)
\nN. Remond (printer)
\nNatural History Studies of Camellias<\/strong>
\nfrom Iconographie du Genre Camellia ou Description et Figures Des Camellia Les Plus Beaux et Les Plus Rares Peints D’Apr\u00e9s Nature<\/em><\/strong>
\n[Iconography of the Camellia or Description and Pictures of the Most Beautiful and the Most Rare Camellias Painted from Nature]<\/strong>
\nH. Cousin, Paris: 1841-43
\nStipple engravings, partly colored printed, finished by hand, heightened with gum arabic
\n14 x 10.5 inches, average approximate size
\n$375 to $750 each<\/p>\n

Camellia flowers, pink, white, and striated, from the definitive 19th century work on the subject. Each flower was drawn by J.J. Jung, member of the Royal Society for Horticulture in Paris, from the varieties grown in the gardens and hothouses of Berl\u00e8se, an Italian botanist who became the world’s leading authority on the subject. The subtle distinctions of many of the hundreds of varieties of camellias classified by Berl\u00e8se are beautifully represented with scientific accuracy in this authoritative series of prints, through the use of the sophisticated stipple engraving technique.<\/p>\n

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