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LINDEN, JEAN JULES. Lindenia: Iconography of Orchids, Conducted by J. Linden, Lucien Linden, Em. Rodigas and R. A. Rolfe. Ghent: Printed by Eug. Vanderhaeghen, 1891-1897. 13 parts in 7 vols., folio, 363 x 270mm. (14 5/16 x 10 3/4in.), half green morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, by Zaehnsdorf, some wear to spines and extremities, spine of vol. 4 (1894) faded to brown, the other spines slightly faded, short marginal tear to plate 409, some light foxing. 304 chromolithographic plates of which 7 double-page, and one uncolored halftone plate (no. 525), numbered 265-576 (the double-page plates numbered twice), comprising the plates of the second half of vol. 6 and vols. 7-12 of the French edition, published concurrently; text in English and French. Stafleu TL-2 4628 (confusingly calling for 13 parts, each containing 24 plates, as in this copy, but numbered 265-624, and dated to July 1898). Complete sets are rare.
Provenance: R. Holmes White, bookplates. (7)
Provenance: R. Holmes White, bookplates. (7)