FLORILEGIUM HARLEMENSE. Gekleurde Afbeeldingen Met Beschrijving Van Bol- En Knolgewassen.... Colored Plates With Descriptions Of Bulbous And Tuberous Rooted Plants. Published Under The Auspices Of The Council Of The "Algemeene Vereeniging Vor Bloembollencultur." (Titles also in French and German). Haarlem: De Erven Loosjes, 1901.         This series of 60 color flower plates appeared in quarterly parts between 1896 and 1901. It was published under the auspices of the Haarlem Bulb-Growers Association and intended as a display book showing the most popular Dutch bulbs grown for export, of which more than 130 different varieties are illustrated. Most of the large and lovely color plates were drawn by the Belgian artist A. Goosens. A descriptive and historical text - in Dutch, English, French and German - accompanies each plate. A later edition, edited by Edward Step, was published in London 1908. Nissen 2256. Folio (36.5 x 27.3 cm); (128 pp.) + 60 chromolithographed plates. Contemporary half-morocco over cloth covered boards; very light foxing on a small number of plates, but generally a fine clean copy. $5,000.00

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