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Orchids From Curtis's Botanical Magazine

by Sprunger, Samuel (editor)

First Limited Edition

Price: $600.00


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Book desription: Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Press, 1986. Dark green morocco leather, as new, with raised bands and bright gilt on the spine's black title label. In a green cloth slipcase, also new. Marbled endpapers, with no prior owner marks. All edges gilt. A beautiful book production, number 68 in a limited edition. The color plates are superb, with between one and four showy orchids per plate, an invaluable resource for the grower or collector. Accompanied by a thorough catalogue, an index, and an introduction by Phillip Cribb. . First Limited Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. Illus. by 408 Large Color Plates. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

  • Bookseller: Craftsbury Antiquarian Books US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 008209
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Fine
  • Illustrator: 408 Large Color Plates
  • Edition: First Limited Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0521325951
  • ISBN 13: 9780521325950
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Press
  • Place: Cambridge
  • Date published: 1986
  • Pages: 525
  • Size: 24x39 cm
  • LCCN: SB409.3.O73 1986
  • Dewey: 584/.15/0222
  • Keywords: Botanical, Orchid, Curtis Magazine, Natural History

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