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Bateman, James

The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala

1975

517.94 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1975
Place of printing
New York, Amsterdam. Johnson Reprint Corporation, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Author
Bateman, James
Edition
reprint of the first edition of 1837, limited edition.
Keyword
Nature - Botany Orchids
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

folio [49 x 36 cm]; 40 attractive colored plates, other engraved illus, with the original pictorial title page and text, unpaginated. original simulated leather backed cloth covered boards, gilt spine title lettering, fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This is a limited edition reprint of 1,000 copies of the classic orchid book with all the plates of the original which was printed 1837-43. His book was one of the largest books ever printed and 'was one of the first products of orchidomania that swept England's upper classes in the nineteenth century' [Glikbarg 12]. Each orchid described in the work was a new introduction, collected by Skinner in Guatemala and Hartweg in Mexico. Burrage p. 7. Nissen 89. The last copy of the original 1837 edition traced was at Sotheby's in 2003, selling for US$105,000 plus their commission, with the Christie's 2002 copy at US$170,000, each with some defects.