A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated Under Glass in the British Isles (Two volumes)
by Veitch, James H
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Royal Exotic Nursery, 544, King's Road, Chelsea: James Veitch & Sons 1887-1894. Ten parts (seperately paginated) issued in two bound volumes, very well illustrated with 72 plates (including 23 double sided, and 3 folding), 13 coloured maps (including 10 folding), and many other text engravings, pp 160, 82, 104, 134, 108, 194, 80, 137, 142, 108 + glossary, a little slight foxing and spotting here and there, a small contemporary magazine article on Masdevallia has been neatly bound in on a stub, several more in the Cyprepedium section, a contemporary inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, decorated brown cloth showing only very slight signs of use, a tiny snag to the spine of the first volume near the lower joint, otherwise very good. [One of the most luxurious of all practical orchid books; possibly the best set I have ever had in stock.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good.
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- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012618
- Title
- A Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated Under Glass in the British Isles (Two volumes)
- Author
- Veitch, James H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- James Veitch & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Royal Exotic Nursery, 544, King's Road, Chelsea
- Bookseller catalogs
- Orchids; Victorian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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