525 pages. Quarto. Green cloth. Profusely illustrated in color. Bottom corner bumped--only this flaw keeps it from appearing as new. In dust jacket and slipcase.
Hardback with dust-wrapper. 31.5 x 22.0 cm. Pp. 525, numerous colour illustrations. Dust wrapper showing slight signs of wear. A heavy book, additional postage applies for delivery outside the UK.
First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to. pp 525. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Contains all of the 1176 hand-coloured orchid plates published between the years 1787 and 1948 in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the oldest surviving botanical magazine in the world. Attractive calligraphic bookplate of Victoria Burbidge (and husband Brinsley) botanist, both at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and at Kew, also Denver Botanic Garden. For many years she edited Curtisà Botanical Magazine. She was also Clematis registrar for the Royal Horticultural Society. She was also known as Vicky Matthews. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to Victoria Burbidge, "with my best wishes, Samuel Sprunger." ISBN: 0521325951 Very good indeed in very good dust jacket and very good slip-case.
Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing to Mylar covered dust wrapper edges. Very clean, nearly like new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
1986 First Edition Hardcover Fine/Very Fine Cambridge University Press, Pub, 1986, 1st edition; folio; very fine condition with a very fine dust jacket, protected by a fine slipcase; Catalogue and Index by Samuel Sprunger; Introduction by Phillip Cribb; Bibliography; Index; 525 pages; Orchids, Art
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