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[Orchidology] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Some bubbling to cover cloth, partial ring on rear cover 300 illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Lt. Col. Henry Basevi. Hudeley Castle Gardens. Benjamin Samuel Williams was an English orchidologist and nurseryman. According to William Glikbarg "Williams provided the stimulus that made orchid growing possible for the average gardener."

London: Victoria and Paradise Nurseries. Fair with no dust jacket. 1894. Hardcover. Lacking one preliminary leaf between the title page and the contents page. Amateur cloth tape repairs to joints and along ends of spine. Text block split in middle. Loss of cloth up to 3/4" along edges of corners of boards. Binding shaky. Several gatherings nearly detached. A good working copy. ; xix, 796 + plates + advertisements. Illustrated green cloth boards. All page edges gilt. Seventh edition, enlarged and revised to the present time by Henry Williams. "The cultivation of Orchidaceous plants is no longer exclusively the privledge of the few, now that their nature and requirements are better understood than was the case in former years." - from the introduction.; 8vo .

[Orchidology] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Some bubbling to cover cloth, partial ring on rear cover 300 illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Lt. Col. Henry Basevi. Hudeley Castle Gardens. Benjamin Samuel Williams was an English orchidologist and nurseryman. According to William Glikbarg "Williams provided the stimulus that made orchid growing possible for the average gardener."