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SCHNEEVOOGT, George Vorhelm.
Icones Rariorum. Delineavit et in aes incidit Henricus Schwegman; Scriptionem inspexit S.J. van Geuns.- Afbeeldingen van zelzaame en fraaje Bloem- en Plant-Gewassen, naar 't leven getekend, gegraveerd en gecouleerd door Hendrik Schwegman. Uitgegeven onder het opzigt van S.J. van Geuns.Haarlem, C. Plaat, 1793[-1795]. Large folio. With 48 illustrations of rare flowers on 47 full-page plates, drawn, etched and hand-coloured by Hendrik Schwegman. Contemporary half calf.
(4), 4, (96) pp. GFB, p. 75; Hunt 728; Nissen, BBI 1784; Pritzel 8295; Stafleu & Cowan 10931; not in Natura Artis Magistra; Stiftung Liechtenstein. Beautiful flower book by George Voorhelm Schneevoogt, showing 47 species of flower grown in the famous Voorhelm and Schneevoogt nursery at Haarlem. “The finest 18th century Dutch botanical work” (GFB). Schneevoogt (1775-1850), Dutch gardener and botanist, supplied the flowers, with the plates designed, etched and hand-coloured by Hendrik Schwegman (1761-1816), the whole edited under the supervision of S.J. van Geuns, professor in medicine, herbs and physiology at Utrecht. Volume one was originally published in 12 parts with 36 etchings, but volume two had only reached 4 parts with 12 etchings when the French Revolution brought publication to a premature end. Since no title-page or index ever appeared for the unfinished second volume, its plates are usually bound with the first volume, as here, and some are omitted in some copies. Etchings 41 and 42 share one plate and the former is uncoloured, as always. Each plate is accompanied by a leaf with text in Latin, Dutch, French and German.Fine, large-paper copy. Binding rubbed. A fine copy of a splendid flower book.
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