Alexandre Bivort

Size: ~ 16 x 12 inches - Original Hand-Coloured Lithographs
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Annales de Pomologie
Chasselas Blussard
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv001

Annales de Pomologie
Coe's Golden Drop
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv002

Annales de Pomologie
Prunes Ste. Catherine
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv003

Annales de Pomologie
Cooper's Large
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv004

Annales de Pomologie
Beurré de St.Amand
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv005

Annales de Pomologie
Léon Grégoire
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv006

Annales de Pomologie
Léon Leclerc Laval
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv007

Annales de Pomologie
Virgoleuse
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv008

Annales de Pomologie
Léonie Pinchart
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv009

Annales de Pomologie
Séraphine Ovÿn
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv010

Annales de Pomologie
Nouveau Poiteau
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv011

Annales de Pomologie
Esperine
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv012

Annales de Pomologie
Madame Durieux
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv013

Annales de Pomologie
Ananas de Courtray
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv014

Annales de Pomologie
Coing de Portugal
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv015

Annales de Pomologie
Beurré Delfosse
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv016

Annales de Pomologie
Alexandrine Douillard
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv017

Annales de Pomologie
Maria de Nantes
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv018

Annales de Pomologie
Colmar d'Aremberg
Date: 1847
Price: $475
Print Code: Frubiv019

These beautiful hand colored lithographs have been selected from a Belgian work entitled "Annales de Pomologie Belge et Etrangere", published in Brussels in 1836 between 1853 and 1860 under the supervision of Lauren Seraph and Joseph de Bavay.
Alexandre Bivort was a Belgian nurseryman and creator of numerous fruits, the successor to Van Mons, a pharmacist, doctor and professor of chemistry at the University of Belgium who promoted the culture of pear trees in that country. Bivort 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. They 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.
As was typical with such collections, they were issued in parts by subscription over several years. In them, he depicted mainly apples and pears, as well as some plates of grapes, cherries, berries and other fruits. Bivort took a particular interest in pears, the fruit tree best adapted to the Belgian climate, and he developed his own varieties, some of which he named after family members, such as the Charles Bivort and Arthur Bivort pears. In keeping with Bivort’s commitment to realistic portrayals, he took the unusual step of including damaged and imperfect specimens instead of the idealized perfection more typical of such collections.

References:
Bunyard p. 441; British Museum (NH) I: 128; cf. Oak Spring Pomona 53