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Bivort - 5 Fruit Lithographs - This hand-colored lithograph is from Alexandre Bivort's Annales de Pomologie Belge et Etrangere . The work was published by F. Parent in Brussels between 1853 and 1860. Bivort was a Belgian nurseryman and creator of numerous fruits. He was active in various horticultural societies in Belgium and France. He published two works, Album de Pomologie (1847-1851) followed by Annales de Pomologie Belge et Etrangere (1853-1860), which reprinted some of the plates from the earlier work although most of it was newly created. The works remain the classic reference on Belgian fruit of the era, in keeping with Bivort’s stated intentions to document a neglected area of botany and generate interest in the cultivation of fruit, including new varieties. Paper Size ~ 10 3/8” by 13 1/4”