Jean Jules Linden

Jean-Jules Linden (1817-1898) [Editor] Lindenia: Iconographie des Orchidées: Six Plates six lithographs with hand-coloring, 1885-1901, on wove papers,published by F. Meyer-van Loo, Ghent, Belgium, all with margins,pale light-staining and minor surface soiling, a few with theoccasional pale scattered foxing, otherwise all apparently in goodcondition, not examined out of the frames all L. 13 x 9¾ in. (331 x 249 mm.) all overall 21½ x 18 in. (546 x 458 mm.) (6)

, p.65; stafleu tl2 4622. provenance: barthelemy charles joseph dumortier (1797-1878), belgian politician and botanist. great flower books first edition. author’’s presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title to “monsieur b. du mortier”. the eponymous title is after jean paul pescatore (1793-1855), a wealthy luxemburg-born orchid grower and horticulturist. references: nissen bbi 1196; footnote: brussels, m. hayez, [1854-] 1860 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates by f. de tollenaere after drawings by tollenaera and maubert, half-title, list of plates, plate of cattleya citrina printed upside down, occasional spotting or discolouration, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, gilt edges, folio (443 by 320mm.),