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WARNER, Robert (1814-1896) and Benjamin WILLIAMS (1824-1890). Select Orchidaceous Plants [First Series]. London: Taylor & Co. for Lovell Reeve & Co., 1862-1865.
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WARNER, Robert (1814-1896) and Benjamin WILLIAMS (1824-1890). Select Orchidaceous Plants [First Series]. London: Taylor & Co. for Lovell Reeve & Co., 1862-1865.
2o. 40 hand-colored lithographed plates by and after W.H. Fitch and James Andrews and printed by Vincent Brooks (some pale occasional spotting). Contemporary green half morocco, spine gilt, edges gilt (some fading to cloth, some minor rubbing at extremities). Provenance: Mrs. Darby (gift inscription on front blank).
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SERIES of Warner and Williams' beautifully illustrated work on orchid species. Mostly illustrated by William Hood Fitch, "The most outstanding botanical artist of his day in Europe" (Blunt & Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration, [1994], p.265), this work reflects the growing interest in orchids in the latter part of the 19th-century. In the introduction to this first series, dated 1865, Warner admits that the success of his project "has far exceeded our expectations" and announces the appearance of a second series, which was published between 1865 and 1871. In the preface to the second series, he announces a third series, which was published between 1877 and 1891. Nissen BBI 2108.
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FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST SERIES of Warner and Williams' beautifully illustrated work on orchid species. Mostly illustrated by William Hood Fitch, "The most outstanding botanical artist of his day in Europe" (Blunt & Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration, [1994], p.265), this work reflects the growing interest in orchids in the latter part of the 19th-century. In the introduction to this first series, dated 1865, Warner admits that the success of his project "has far exceeded our expectations" and announces the appearance of a second series, which was published between 1865 and 1871. In the preface to the second series, he announces a third series, which was published between 1877 and 1891. Nissen BBI 2108.