Pescatorea – The story of a significant orchid collection
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History
Pescatorea (1860) is the title of a significant work on orchids, named by Jean Jules Linden after his orchidophile patron, collector, and banker Jean-Pierre Pescatore. The work features 48 orchids illustrated by artists in splendid chromolithographs and described by the botanist Linden. The National Library is reissuing this book, inviting researchers to discuss the orchids and the book from scientific, artistic, literary, cultural, and biographical perspectives.
During the presentation, historian Josiane Weber; Jean-Marie Mangen, biologist and orchid expert; and Marc Biver, scientist, will discuss topics related to Jean-Pierre Pescatore, the biology of orchids, the orchid craze of the 19th century, and their depiction in art.
In collaboration with the Fondation J.P. Pescatore and LUGA.
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Event presented in collaboration with the Fondation J.P. Pescatore and LUGA.
Automatically translated from Luxembourgish.
Where does it take place?
National Library of Luxembourg (BnL)
37D
avenue John F. Kennedy
1855 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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