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[LINDLEY, John (1799-1865)]. Sertum Orchidaceum. London: P. Gauci for J. Ridgway & Sons, 1837-1841.
2° (542 x 365mm). Without printed title or text. Hand-coloured lithographic title and 49 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates by M. Gauci after Miss Drake, Descourtilz, W. Griffith, Miss M. A. Mearns, Schouten and R. H. Schomburgk. (Occasional light spotting affecting about six plates.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, g.e. (extremities slightly scuffed).
This fine selection was originally issued in 10 parts with a title dated 1838 and explanatory text. The text in this copy was either bound in a separate volume, or discarded: it was clearly never bound-in. Nissen BBI 1205; Great Flower Books p. 65.
2° (542 x 365mm). Without printed title or text. Hand-coloured lithographic title and 49 fine hand-coloured lithographic plates by M. Gauci after Miss Drake, Descourtilz, W. Griffith, Miss M. A. Mearns, Schouten and R. H. Schomburgk. (Occasional light spotting affecting about six plates.) Contemporary green half morocco gilt, g.e. (extremities slightly scuffed).
This fine selection was originally issued in 10 parts with a title dated 1838 and explanatory text. The text in this copy was either bound in a separate volume, or discarded: it was clearly never bound-in. Nissen BBI 1205; Great Flower Books p. 65.