VERSCHAFFELT CAMELLIAS
 

'THIS WORK IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND GREATEST
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CAMELLIA ICONOGRAPHIES.
THE VERSCHAFFELTS WERE A FAMILY OF NURSERYMEN
SPECIALIZING IN CAMELLIAS AND PUBLISHED THIS BOOK
REALLY AS A CATALOGUE OF NEWLY INTRODUCED SPECIES
AND RECENTLY DEVELOPED HYBRIDS WHICH WERE AVAILABLE
FROM THEIR NURSERIES.'
 (SOURCE: SOTHEBY'S MAGNIFICENT BOTANICAL BOOKS, 1987)

THE IMAGES DISPLAYED ARE RELATIVELY TRUE TO THE
ACTUAL PIECES ALTHOUGH SOME WILL DISPLAY
SOME GLARE FROM THE CAMERA FLASH.

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BERLESE CAMELLIAS
FROM THE EDITION 'ICONOGRAPHIE DU GENRE CAMELLIA...'

THIS IS TRULY A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE
HAND COLOURED STIPPLE ENGRAVINGS PRODUCED IN 1839.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ABBE' LAURENT BERLESE. J.J. JUNG
EXECUTED THE DRAWINGS OF THE KNOWN CAMELLIA PLANTS OF
THE DAY AND WITH PRECISE DRAFTSMANSHIP WERE ENGRAVED BY
DUMENIL, GABRIEL AND OUDET, THE BEST ENGRAVERS IN FRANCE.
THESE WERE PRINTED IN SOME COLOUR AND FINISHED BY HAND.
THE RESULT WAS A HIGHLY FINISHED IMAGE OF UNRIVALLED ACCURACY
AND DIMENSIONALITY, WHICH ONLY STIPPLE ENGRAVING ALLOWS.


EACH IS SIZED AT APPROX 10" X 14" AND ARE PRICED AT C$ 750  
 

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