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Chelsea, James Veitch & Sons, 1887-94, First edition, first issue. . later (1953) cloth with gilt spine title lettering, the original heavy paper wraps of each of the 10 parts are bound in (one wrap chipped & repaired), the parts are not bound in order, small stain on outer edge of part VII, fine, clean and unmarked. . large 8vo [25 x 16 cm]; 2 volumes, in 10 parts by genera, hundreds of illustrations including 97 full-page plates and folding, 13 colored maps mostly folding showing geographical distributions, indices, with title & half title pages issued later. . In this copy, part X, General Review of the Orchideae is bound first in volume I Originally published in 10 parts, usually bound in 2 volumes, in 1887-1894, it is a milestone and a famous and still useful reference in orchid literature, with descriptions and culture of about 1,700 species and hybrids, together with the history of their discovery and collection, about 1300 pages. Besides the detailed descriptions, the work… Leer más

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.