REICHENBACHIA, ORCHIDS ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIBED

2 volumes of 4: Volume I, Second Series, 1892 & Volume II, 1890

Volume I contains plates numbered 1 - 48 and Volume II plates numbered 49 - 96

96 fine chromolithographic plates marked : Joseph Mansell, del. et lith.; or J. L. Macfarlane del. et lith., M. & N. Hanhart imp.; or Gustave Leutzsch, chromolith; after H. G. Moon, W. H. Fitch, or A. H. Loch. Some are finished by hand.

The two volumes have been simply rebound in a serviceable library-style half leather and cloth binding, the title pages have been trimmed to the printed area and mounted on new leaves, the plates are all trimmed close to the printed area and in many case the 'Tab' numbers at the top are trimmed short or missing altogether, most of the titles below the images remain. Many of the plates are lightly foxed and some bear water stains along the fore edges but generally the plates are in good condition, likewise the accompanying text pages are occasionally foxed, The leather is rubbed along the spines an at the corners and there is a simple repair at the bottom of the spine of Volume I.

St. Albans : F. Sander & Co., Orchid growers & importers, 1890 & 1892

Reichenbachia: Orchids Illustrated and Described is a four-volume 19th-century text created by German-born orchidologist Frederick Sander which features life-size illustrations and descriptions of nearly two hundred orchids with text in English, French, and German. Named in honor of the renowned German orchidologist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Reichenbachia was a collaboration between Sander and English landscape painter Henry George Moon, who created most of the illustrations. Work on Reichenbachia began in 1886 and lasted until 1890, with the first volume being published in 1888, with the subsequent three volumes being published in two-year intervals.

Reichenbachia was created as a two-series set with two volumes per series, with two separate editions being published. The folio edition measures 21.5 by 16 inches (550 by 410 mm), and the rare Imperial Edition, of which 100 copies were made, measures 29.5 by 23.5 inches (750 by 600 mm), weighing 44 pounds per volume.[2] The four volumes were dedicated to Queen Victoria; Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia; Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia; and Marie Henriette of Austria respectively.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichenbachia:_Orchids_Illustrated_and_Described

N.B. These large volumes will incur additional packing and shipping costs.