The Ending of the nineteenth century produced magnificent publications brought about through the impetus
of botanical exploration, which reached its peak just before the turn of the century. The body of art and
science were tightly interwoven. It was a time when the natural sciences spawned the most artful expression
of the printer`s craft ever achieved.
Painters of flowers are perhaps more numerous than painters of birds. Certainly, their folios of original
paintings and drawings are in every herbarium, such as Kew in England, the queen of the world`s herbaria.
The last quarter of the nineteenth century gave rise to the development of the many stone chromolithographic
process in which as many as 20 different litho stones or color separations had to be prepared.
During the 19th century Belgium became the center of flower and fruit cultivation on the European
continent and a number of important publications were produced. LA BELIGIQUE HORTICOLE began
publication in 1851 and captured beautifully colored botanical chromolithographs.Ghent (Gand) was the center
of Horticulture and market gardening. It is one of Belgium`s oldest cities and the historic capital of Flanders.
This beautiful botanical offered here was lithographed in Ghent Belgium also known as "The City of Flowers"
BELGIUM CHROMOLITHOGRAPH
1851- 1871
