[Rarebooks] FS: ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS, 1857, with 100 Beautiful Hand-Colored Plates

[Charles Agvent]

 From our new catalog now posted on our website: 
https://charlesagvent.cdn.bibliopolis.com/images/upload/spring-pf.pdf?auto=webp

MOORE, Thomas. ILLUSTRATIONS OF ORCHIDACEOUS PLANTS: A Series of One 
Hundred Figures, Chiefly Selected from the Botanical Register and 
British Flower Garden, Representing the Principal Groups of Orchids; 
Accompanied by Descriptions of the Cultivated Species of the Genera 
Figured; and Directions for Cultivation. London: Willis and Sotheran, 
1857. First Edition. Quarto (6" x 9-3/4") bound in modern buckram. 
Illustrated with 100 hand-colored plates, ten of them folding, by I. 
Watts, G. Barclay, F. George, A. Aglio, and others, after Miss Drake and 
Miss C. C. Sowerby. Moore's guide to orchids was strongly influenced by 
Dr. John Lindley's orchid studies. About a dozen or so plates with light 
to moderate foxing, the rest very clean. Binding tight and clean. Near 
Fine. (#021653)        $3,000

https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/021653/thomas-moore/illustrations-of-orchidaceous-plants-a-series-of-one-hundred-figures-chiefly-selected-from-the

-- 
All books subject to prior sale. Cash with order; institutions may be billed.
Postage additional: $12.00 for the first item; $6.00 for each thereafter for
Priority; $8 for the first item; $4 for each thereafter for Media Mail. Overseas
postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax.
Mastercard, Visa, American Express, and Discover accepted. Books may be returned
within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided they are in the same condition as
sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value. We carry
a diverse stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary
First Editions, Signed Books, Presidential Autographs, Illustrated Books, and one of
the largest inventories of Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business
since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of
America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
Please feel free to contact us with any wants or offerings. Thank you.

CHARLES AGVENT

37 Ridge Drive

Fleetwood, PA 19522-9638

484-575-8825

charles at charlesagvent.com

Please visit our shop:https://www.charlesagvent.com


-- 
This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software.
www.avg.com