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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Bolus (Harry)

ICONES ORCHIDEARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM EXTRA-TROPICARUM; or FIGURES WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF EXTRA-TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN ORCHIDS

Published: William Wesley & Sons, London, 1896

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Volume I, Parts 1 & 2 in one (with separate title pages): iv + (iv) + 39 partly coloured and 11 uncoloured lithographic plates. Plate 46 is misbound after plate 10. Plates 8, 11, 42, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58 & 98 are uncoloured as in all copies of this work. Recently bound in green cloth with gilt titling on the upper cover and spine. Some light foxing and age-browning on the page edges.

The complete work comprises three volumes with 300 plates. Four hundred sets were published of which half were for sale to the public. The two parts of volume I are sometimes found bound separately.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Size: 8vo (260 x 255 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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