Lansium Domesticum Langsat or Duku

by After Berthe Hoola Van Nooten

$625 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A fine example of the spectacular botanical work by Berthe Hoola Van Nooten, from 'Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java'. The Langsat or Duku is a fruit tree that is commonly found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. This elegant print depicts the tree's fruit, which Hoola Van Hooten describes as being wholesome and refreshing, pleasant to the taste and slightly aromatic. Still in her early twenties, Berthe Hoola Van

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