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Curtis, Charles H., With A Forward By Lord Aberconway

Orchids; Their Description and Cultivation

1950

68,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1950
Lugar de impresión
London. Putnam & Company
Autor
Curtis, Charles H., With A Forward By Lord Aberconway
Edición
First Edition.
Materia
Gardening - General Orchids
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

4to [25 x 20 cm]; [xiv], 274 pp, color frontis, 77 plates, including 30 in color, detailed index of genera, species and hybrids, bibliog. original gilt decorated cloth, gilt lettering, gilt vignette on spine, minor foxing on a few margins, dj (short tear, small chip, not price clipped), very good, sound and clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A comprehensive and useful book, covering the full range of orchids, their history, cultivation, description, habits, etc. The author, who studied orchids for over 4 decades, was head of orchids at Kew and includes a description of orchid literature in the introduction. The 16 page bibliography seems to include all of the main orchid books published up to that time.
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