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Boyle, Frederick

The Woodlands Orchids, Described and Illustrated with Stories of Orchid-Collecting

1901

218.08 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1901
Place of printing
London. Macmillan and Co
Author
Boyle, Frederick
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
Nature - Botany Color Plate & Fine Illus Plant Hunting Orchids
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

4to [24 x 19 cm]; ix, 274 pp, 16 chromolithographed plates including the frontis from paintings by J. L. Macfarlane, portrait of J. Coles, index. orig pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title on cover and spine, gilt vignette of orchid on cover, a. e. g., cover slightly rubbed, minor foxing on some leaves, mostly marginal, hinges cracking but firm, endpaper inscription, very good copy, interior excellent. Boyle wrote several books on orchids, of which this is his scarcest and most attractive, especially the colored plates. The stories of how the orchids were found are quite interesting. Most chapters include lists and descriptions of numerous orchid species and hybrids. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue 35. The plates include Zygo-Colax, Laelias, Cattleyas, Lycaste, Cypripediums, Odontoglossums.