Antique Print-WHITE HELLEBORINE-TWAYBLADE-SLIPPER ORCHID-FLOWER-Hoffmann-1890

Original colour lithograph on a vellin type paper. on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 21 x 28.5 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 24 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 8.3 x 11.2 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 9.4 inch.

Plate 56: ‘1. Geflecktes Knabenkraut – 2. Schwarzstendel – 3. Spinnenahnliche Ragwurz – 4. Grossblutiges Waldvogelein – 5. Breitblatterige Sumpfwurz – 6. Vogelsnestwurz – 7. Eiblatteriges Zweiblatt – 8. Frauenschuh.’ (1. Heath Spotted Orchid or Moorland Spotted Orchid – 2. Nigritella nigra, Orchid species – 3. Ophrys arachnitiformis, Orchid species – 4. White Helleborine, Cephalanthera damasonium – 5. Epipactis helleborine, Broad-leaved Helleborine – 6. Bird’s-nest Orchid, Neottia nidus-avis – 7. Common Twayblade – 8. Cypripedium calceolus, Lady’s-slipper orchid). From the German edition. This print originates from ‘Botanischer Bilder Atlas. Nach dem Naturlichen Pflanzensystem von de Candolle, Jussieu, Enlicher, Reichenbach…’ by Carl Hoffmann, published in Germany 1896. The lithographs are after watercolour drawings by P. Wagner and G. Ebenhusen. The Dutch edition is titled: ‘Onze Flora. Beschrijving van de Familien, voornaamste Geslachten en Soorten der in Nederland in het Wild groeiende, verwilderde, verbouwde en aangeplante Gewassen, alsmede van eenige fraaie en nuttige Midden-Europeesche Planten’, by A. C. Oudemans, published in The Netherlands by Thieme and Cie. in 1900.Artists and Engravers: Authors: German edition: Carl Hoffmann, German. Dutch edition: A.C. Oudemans, Dutch.

Condition: Excellent. General age related toning.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-WHITE HELLEBORINE-TWAYBLADE-SLIPPER ORCHID-FLOWER-HOFFMANN

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