Titles starting with X from Donald Heald Rare Books

Brussels: C. Muquardt, [circa 1863-1885]. Chromolithograph, by P.Depannemaeker. Very good condition apart from a few light foxing marks. 21 3/4 x 15 5/8 inches. A fine example of the spectacular botanical work by Berthe Hoola Van Nooten, from 'Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java'. A medium-sized tree from Southeast Asia, the Xanthochymus Dulcis yields three different types of fleshy bright orange fruit. This elegant print depicts the sweet, edible Manies variety, which is fr... more information

Water-colour and gouache. 23½ x 18½ inches. Framed and glazed. A finely balanced and very accomplished work, the work of the Flemish botanical artist Ledoulx and taken from a compilation of drawings made by Baron Joseph van Huerne in Belgium between about 1790 and 1820. This compilation certainly included 135 (and probably about 170) original watercolour and gouache drawings bound in four albums, each with a manuscript title page 'Collection du Regne Vegetal, Arbres Forestiers et Fruitier... more information

Eichstatt: 1640, 2nd edition. Hand-coloured engraving. Faint manuscript notations under titles, platemark at edge of sheet in the upper right, otherwise, good condition. 20 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches. Basil Besler published "Hortus Eystettensis", the earliest large folio botanical, at Eichstatt near Nuremburg, in 1613. He worked on the drawings for the 374 copper engravings over a period of sixteen years using the plants in the garden of Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, his patron. Depicted in this... more information