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original-colour chromolithograph.
EXTREMELY RARE Botanical print from the EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION of the Album ‘Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de la Flore et de la Pomone de L’ile de Java’, French and English text. Printed from Van Nooten’s original sketches by P. Depannemaeker. Chromolithography by G. Severeyns. Mme Berthe Hoola van Nooten was born in Utrecht, Holland in 1817. A botanist, author & watercolorist, she moved & settled in Indonesia in 1847, where she painted over 40 fruits & flowers which became the basis for this album.
Very good to excellent condition.
