HOOLA VAN NOOTEN (BERTHE)Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisies de l'Ile de Java peints d'après nature, FIRST EDITION, parallel text in French and English, 40 chromolithographed plates, some heightened in gum arabic, some spotting, contemporary full red morocco gilt, by G.J. Lebbing of Amsterdam (with printed ticket inside upper cover), covers blind- and gilt tooled, spine lettered in gilt and tooled in gilt in 5 compartments within raised bands, g.e., neatly rebacked preserving the original spine [Great Flower Books, p.60; Nissen BBI 931; Stafleu & Cowan 3025], folio (582 x 430mm.), Brussels, Émile Tarnier, 1863-64FootnotesRare first edition, illustrated with fine plates of a mixture of indigenous, naturalised and introduced plants to Indonesia, chosen principally for their eye-catching beauty. In the preface Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1840-1885) states that she produced this book in order to clear a debt incurred through family misfortune, and "provide by labour the wants of a numerous family".
HOOLA VAN NOOTEN (BERTHE)Fleurs, fruits et feuillages choisies de l'Ile de Java peints d'après nature, FIRST EDITION, parallel text in French and English, 40 chromolithographed plates, some heightened in gum arabic, some spotting, contemporary full red morocco gilt, by G.J. Lebbing of Amsterdam (with printed ticket inside upper cover), covers blind- and gilt tooled, spine lettered in gilt and tooled in gilt in 5 compartments within raised bands, g.e., neatly rebacked preserving the original spine [Great Flower Books, p.60; Nissen BBI 931; Stafleu & Cowan 3025], folio (582 x 430mm.), Brussels, Émile Tarnier, 1863-64FootnotesRare first edition, illustrated with fine plates of a mixture of indigenous, naturalised and introduced plants to Indonesia, chosen principally for their eye-catching beauty. In the preface Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1840-1885) states that she produced this book in order to clear a debt incurred through family misfortune, and "provide by labour the wants of a numerous family".
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