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A Private Collection of Orchidacea
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LINDLEY, JOHN. 1799-1865. Sertum Orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful Orchidaceous flowers London: James Ridgway and Sons, 1838.
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LINDLEY, JOHN. 1799-1865.
Sertum Orchidaceum: a wreath of the most beautiful Orchidaceous flowers London: James Ridgway and Sons, 1838.
Large folio (548 x 375 mm). 50 lithographic plates, including the frontispiece (dated 1840), all with contemporary hand-coloring, by M. Gauci after Miss Drake, Descoutilz, W. Griffith, Miss M.A. Mearns, Schouten, and R.H. Schomburg. Later green half morocco, some rubbing to joints and edges; some scattered light foxing to some plates, plate 23 with central crease, a few minor marginal tears and minor chipping to blank corner of plate 34.
Provenance: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate dated 1877, stamps; "MHS" in gilt at foot of spine, sale Christie's New York, 18 December 2002, lot 77).
FIRST EDITION. A stunning large-scale work illustrating many of the most beautiful orchids known to date. John Lindley, the greatest early orchidologist, was the son of a nurseryman, who began his career in Belgium as a buyer for a London seed merchant. He befriended Sir Joseph Hooker, and Sir Joseph Banks (for whom he acted as assistant librarian) and came to know most of the leading botanists of the day; his study of orchids was encouraged by the orchid specialist William Cattley who was an early patron. The plates were lithographed from drawings of Sarah Anne Drake by Maxime Gauci "an outstanding lithographer" (Blunt). The geographical range of the plants shown is unprecedented, examples include orchids from Asia: Nepal, Burma, India, Ceylon, the East Indies, Java, China, the Philippines; South America: Mexico, Surinam, British Guyana, Demarara, Peru, Cuba, Vera Cruz, Brazil, and Madeira. Lindley utilized cutting edge developments in printing technology and design achieving clarity and accuracy in text and design. The work was issued in 10 parts between September 1837 and December 1841. Nissen BBI 1205; Great Flower Books p 65; Stafleu and Cowan TL2 4651.
Large folio (548 x 375 mm). 50 lithographic plates, including the frontispiece (dated 1840), all with contemporary hand-coloring, by M. Gauci after Miss Drake, Descoutilz, W. Griffith, Miss M.A. Mearns, Schouten, and R.H. Schomburg. Later green half morocco, some rubbing to joints and edges; some scattered light foxing to some plates, plate 23 with central crease, a few minor marginal tears and minor chipping to blank corner of plate 34.
Provenance: Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Stickney Fund (bookplate dated 1877, stamps; "MHS" in gilt at foot of spine, sale Christie's New York, 18 December 2002, lot 77).
FIRST EDITION. A stunning large-scale work illustrating many of the most beautiful orchids known to date. John Lindley, the greatest early orchidologist, was the son of a nurseryman, who began his career in Belgium as a buyer for a London seed merchant. He befriended Sir Joseph Hooker, and Sir Joseph Banks (for whom he acted as assistant librarian) and came to know most of the leading botanists of the day; his study of orchids was encouraged by the orchid specialist William Cattley who was an early patron. The plates were lithographed from drawings of Sarah Anne Drake by Maxime Gauci "an outstanding lithographer" (Blunt). The geographical range of the plants shown is unprecedented, examples include orchids from Asia: Nepal, Burma, India, Ceylon, the East Indies, Java, China, the Philippines; South America: Mexico, Surinam, British Guyana, Demarara, Peru, Cuba, Vera Cruz, Brazil, and Madeira. Lindley utilized cutting edge developments in printing technology and design achieving clarity and accuracy in text and design. The work was issued in 10 parts between September 1837 and December 1841. Nissen BBI 1205; Great Flower Books p 65; Stafleu and Cowan TL2 4651.
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