Calville blanc LIB0002262

Calville blanc LIB0002262Colour printed, hand finished stipple engraving of an apple variety entitled Calville blanc, engraved by Joseph Marie Bessin (1765 ?) after an original by Pierre Joseph Redout (1759 1840). From P. J. Redout's Choix des plus belles fleurs, published in parts (each part containing four plates) in Paris from 1827 to 1833. Plate 14.

hand-finished stipple engraving entitled Framboisier : Rubus

A chromolithograph plate of Tomato varieties taken from the Album Benary

Engraving of Daphnis nerii (Oleander Hawk Moth) depicting the adult and caterpillar

Watercolour on paper depicting Crown Imperial Lily from an album titled 'Flores a Petro Holsteyn ad vivum depicti' by the artist Pieter Holsteyn

Watercolour of Rosa 'Dream Girl' by Graham Stuart Thomas

Watercolour of Cucumis melo (Cantaloupe Melon) by Pierre François Ledoulx

Watercolour on rice paper of plant identified as Lablab purpureus from one of four bound albums of paintings by anonymous Chinese artists purchased by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912

These three specimens were painted during the winter and spring of 1906-1907

Two peony varieties identified as Ruriban and Saigyo-Zakura from a catalogue produced by the Yokohama Nursery Company

Erythronium hendersonii

attributed to the Chinese artist or collector Wang Lui Chi

Rosa rubiginosa (rose)