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ORCHIDS. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PLANTS. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM NATUR
de Miner, Harriet Stewart
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Boston: Lee & Shepar, 1885. 90pp. plus twenty-four chromolithographic plates. Folio. Original printed paper covers, spine perished, a.e.g. Original folding cloth portfolio, heavily worn and chipped. Minor soiling and offsetting. Good; plates very good. First edition of the first American color plate book on orchids. A handsome production, it is illustrated with twenty- four chromolithographs after illustrations by the author, including varieties of Dendrobium, Masdevallia, Cattleya, Laelia, Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossum, Cypripedium, and others. NISSEN BBI 1382.
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- ORCHIDS. THE ROYAL FAMILY OF PLANTS. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM NATUR
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- Miner, Harriet Stewart
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- Lee & Shepar
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- Boston
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- 1885
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Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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