Natural History Books: Orchids
found: 2 books

 
Hennessy, Esme F. and Hedge, T. A.
The Slipper Orchids: Selenipedium, Phragmipedium, Criosanthes, Cypripedium, Paphiopedilum (the Collector’s edition limited to 100 copies signed by the author and artist)
Randburg, South Africa: Acorn Books, 1989. Limited edition. Pp. xii , 368; 16 full page color plates, 165 black-and-white text-figures. Publisher’s original blue cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, color pictorial dust jacket, 4to. This book gives details on four collections of more than 300 bird and mammal drawings made by the following explorers: The Forsters, Robert Jacob Gordon, Francis Masson, Anders Sparrman, Carl Peter Thunberg, William Paterson and Francois Levaillant. Warmly inscribed by the author, L. C. Rookmaaker, to Frank Bradlow, dated September 3, 1997. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..
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Book number: 9749
USD 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 371.25 | £UK 317 | JP¥ 60563]
Catalogue: Orchids

 
Osorio, Luis F.
Orquideas Colombianas.
Medellin: Felix de Bedoute Hijos, 1941. First edition. Pp. 106, (1), printed on front side of each page only; 10 full-page fine color plates after original color paintings, numerous smaller black-and-white photos. Gray cloth, with tan pictorial image of an orchid on the front cover, oblong sm 4to (9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches). The text is presented in parallel columns in Spanish and English; there are two title pages in Spanish and English. Signed and dedicated by the author, dated 1946 on the English title page. A rare work on orchids printed during WWII in Medellin, Colombia. Front cover a bit spotted, title hand-printed in ink on spine; one outer corner with small bump to cloth; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..
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Book number: 5224
USD 135.00 [Appr.: EURO 125.5 | £UK 107 | JP¥ 20440]
Catalogue: Orchids
Keywords: Botany flora orchids orchidology Medellin Colmobia South America Spanish Osorio

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