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Millican, Albert

Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter; An Account of Canoe and Camp Life in Colombia, while Collecting Orchids in the Northern Andes

1891

351,56 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1891
Lieu d'édition
London. Cassell & Company
Auteur
Millican, Albert
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - South America Plant Hunting Orchids
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; xv, 222, [xv, publisher's ads dated 9/91] pp, color lithographed (chromolithograph) frontis of Cattleya Mendelii, 21 other plates including foldout panorama of Bogotá, from photos & drwgs, many other illus, half title page. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover with gilt flowers and border, cover faded in parts, spotted, very light dampstain in first 30 pages, mostly to outer edge, inscribed on half-title page, good sound copy. A picture of t A narrative of the author's extensive travels in Colombia over a four year period, including five expeditions, with excellent illustrations, mainly by the author's photos, with other illustrations by Gustave Guggenheim, including photos of Odontoglossum Crispum, Miltonia Vexillaria, etc. Most of the illustrations are of views, portraits, jungles, camp, cities, including Carthagena, Bogotá, native peoples. Probably the best book on botanical exploration of Colombia of the time. Naylor 315.