Lot 142
142
FITZGERALD, ROBERT DESMOND. Australian Orchids,. Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer [1875-] 1877 [-1894]. 11 [of 12] parts (lacking vol. II, part 3), plus 2 parts in duplicate, large folio, 502 x 339mm. (19 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.), original cloth-backed printed wrappers in various colors, two lower wrappers defective, a few small chips or marginal tears, a few parts loose in wrappers, lacking one plate from Vol. I, part 2, foxing throughout, not affecting most of the colored plates printed on tinted paper, two or three short marginal tears, slight marginal dampstaining to one copy of vol. I, part 1. 108 lithographed plates of which 9 double-page, all but 10 hand-colored, all but four of the colored plates printed on thick tinted paper, plus uncolored duplicates of 17 plates from parts 1 and 3 of vol. I. Nissen BBI 633 (citing 118 plates); Great Flower Books p. 56 (citing 119 plates); Stafleu TL-2 1799. Sold as a periodical not subject to return.

Details
FITZGERALD, ROBERT DESMOND. Australian Orchids,. Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer [1875-] 1877 [-1894]. 11 [of 12] parts (lacking vol. II, part 3), plus 2 parts in duplicate, large folio, 502 x 339mm. (19 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.), original cloth-backed printed wrappers in various colors, two lower wrappers defective, a few small chips or marginal tears, a few parts loose in wrappers, lacking one plate from Vol. I, part 2, foxing throughout, not affecting most of the colored plates printed on tinted paper, two or three short marginal tears, slight marginal dampstaining to one copy of vol. I, part 1. 108 lithographed plates of which 9 double-page, all but 10 hand-colored, all but four of the colored plates printed on thick tinted paper, plus uncolored duplicates of 17 plates from parts 1 and 3 of vol. I. Nissen BBI 633 (citing 118 plates); Great Flower Books p. 56 (citing 119 plates); Stafleu TL-2 1799. Sold as a periodical not subject to return.

CONTENTS
Vol. I
Part 1: 1 uncolored plate, 6 colored; with 5 pp. preliminary text and inserted slip on the order of publication. Duplicate copy: 7 uncolored plates, no printed slip.
Part 2: 9 uncolored plates (lacking the first plate, text leaf present).
Part 3: 10 colored plates. Duplicate copy: 10 uncolored plates.
Parts 4-7: each with 10 colored plates, part 7 with the general title-page to vol. I, a "Synopsis of Distribution", and half-titles for each part.
Vol. II
Parts 1 and 4: 10 colored plates in each.
Parts 2 and 5: 11 colored plates in each.

Provenance
Rodney Wilcox Jones, President of the American Orchid Society, 1942-47, (sale, Sotheby's New York, 22 May 1985, lot 51). (13)