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Rare and modern books

Boyle Frederick

The Woodlands Orchids. Described and illustrated with Stories of Orchid-Collecting. [Illustrations by by J.L. Macfarlane]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Macmillan, 1901

269.10 €

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(Devon, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1901
Author
Boyle Frederick
Publishers
Macmillan
Keyword
mstock, natural history, botany, plants, orchids, frederick boyle
Languages
English

Description

8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine chromolithographed plates by Macfarlane, free endpapers mildly browned; original blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, an unusually bright, clean copy. A key account. Boyle was commissioned by Robert Measures to catalogue and describe the orchid collection at The Woodlands, his estate at Streatham in south-west London. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.