{"product_id":"british-wildflowers-hardcover-journal-matte-floral-notebook","title":"Arentina Arendsen Haarlem's Flora Journal — 1872 Dutch Botanical Chromolithograph Bulbous Plants Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCarry the spirit of Dutch botanical artistry — when Arentina Hendrica Arendsen transformed the bulbous plants of Haarlem into chromolithographic still lifes of extraordinary richness and botanical precision.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArentina Hendrica Arendsen (1836–1915), born in Amsterdam and working in Haarlem from 1851, was one of the 19th century's most accomplished botanical still life painters, specializing in the richly elaborated and realistic floral compositions that defined Dutch horticultural art at its peak. Trained by the renowned romantic landscape painter Cornelis Lieste, she contributed her finest work to \u003cem\u003eHaarlem's Flora\u003c\/em\u003e (Album van Eeden), published between 1872 and 1881 by A.C. van Eeden \u0026amp; Co. — a landmark publication celebrating the bulbous and tuberous plants that made Haarlem the historic center of the Dutch bulb industry. This distinguished hardcover journal brings together two chromolithograph plates from the series, documenting eighteen species across front and back covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFront Cover — Nine Bulbous Plants, Arentina Arendsen, Haarlem's Flora, 1872:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe front cover presents nine botanical studies rendered with the vibrant color and anatomical precision that defined Arendsen's chromolithographic work: Amaryllis (\u003cem\u003eVallota Purpurea\u003c\/em\u003e), pink and yellow Hyacinths, Orange Lily (\u003cem\u003eLilium thunbergianum\u003c\/em\u003e), Portuguese Squill (\u003cem\u003eScilla peruviana\u003c\/em\u003e), Poppy Anemone (\u003cem\u003eAnemone coronaria\u003c\/em\u003e), Japanese Anemone (\u003cem\u003eAnemone japonica\u003c\/em\u003e), Spring Cyclamen (\u003cem\u003eCyclamen vernum\u003c\/em\u003e), Double Yellow Tulip, and Great Camas (\u003cem\u003eCamassia esculenta\u003c\/em\u003e). Each specimen is documented with the botanical accuracy that served both as a garden reference for bulb enthusiasts and as decorative art celebrating Dutch horticultural heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack Cover — Nine Spring \u0026amp; Summer Bulbs, Haarlem's Flora, 1872–1881:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe back cover presents nine additional species from the same series: Irises, Clivia miniata (Natal Lily), Ranunculus, Single Early Tulips, Narcissus (Daffodils), Spanish Iris (\u003cem\u003eIris xiphium\u003c\/em\u003e), Tritoma (\u003cem\u003eKniphofia\u003c\/em\u003e\/Red Hot Poker), White Lilies (\u003cem\u003eLilium candidum\u003c\/em\u003e\/Madonna Lilies), and Tiger Lilies. 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