Lithograph Nepenthes mastersiana, 1886

Nepenthes mastersiana from L’Illustration Horticole, 1886 Original hand-colored engraving. Illustrator: Pieter De Pannemaeker (1847-?) Chromolithographer: P. De Pannemaeker From: Jean Jules Linden, L’Illustration Horticole, Vol 33, Plate DCXVIII, preceding p. 187 Published: Ghent, Compagnie Continentale d’Horticulture, 1886 Sheet size: Approximately 7 x 10½ inches, reverse blank Condition: Excellent; rich color, slight edge toning Comments: L’Illustration Horticole was a Victorian era collaborative effort of the great horticulturists and field botanists of the day. The series highlighted full-page chromolithographs of newly discovered or cultivated species with botanical descriptions and culture information. It was a monthly periodical from 1854-1896. Its editor, Jean Jules Linden (1817-1898) was an influential horticulturist and publisher, especially with orchids. At age 19, he was selected for a government-sponsored botanical expedition to South and Central America, and traveled the