HOOLA VAN NOOTEN, Berthe
Fleurs Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java 1880
Description
HOOLA VAN NOOTEN, Berthe. Fleurs Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java. Troisième édition.
Brussels, Librairie Européenne C. Muquardt, (1880). Folio. With 40 full-page chromolithographed plates after original watercolours by the author, each plate accompanied by 1 text-leaf, with descriptions in English and French. Original publisher's half red cloth, printed boards, gold-tooled title.
44 ll. Library of the Stiftung fur Botanik 363; Stafleu & Cowan 3025; cf. Nissen,BBI (listing the first edition 1863-4).
Magnificent colour plate book, depicting the Javanese fruits and flowers by the Belgian artist Berthe Hoola van Nooten (1840-1885). Shortly after having followed her husband to Java, Indonesia, she became a widow at twenty-two, indebted and with a family to support. To make a living, she took to the painting of the flora of the island. Her very skilled sketches show the exuberant colour display of tropical fruits and flowers, ideally suited to the new technique of chromolithography. Among the depicted plants are: the Mango, Pomelo, Rambutan, Durian, Cacao, Custard-Apple, Banana, Bread-Fruit, and Star-Fruit. The work was published in parts in 1863-1864, and republished twice, using the same plates.
Good copy, with some browning. Binding restored, new endpapers.
Price
£12400.00
