Benjamin Samuel Williams - The Orchid Grower`s Manual - 1885
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Description from the seller
Author/Editor:
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Title:
The Orchid Grower`s Manual
Collation:
8°(20x12cm), with numerous wood engravings, xiv, 659 pages, 10 leaves, linen with gold stamping
Place / Publisher:
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries / London
Description:
Comprehensive descriptions of the best-known orchid plants, specialized greenhouse management, temperature requirements and historical propagation techniques. Illustrations: Contains numerous woodcuts of plant species, architectural designs and show greenhouses. (cf. Google)
Condition:
Spine lightly rubbed and bumped at the corners. Both hinges are cracked and the two flyleaves are torn along the fold. Front free endpaper stamped by the previous owner. Title verso darkened with marker (5 lines). Paper slightly browned and later increasingly brown-speckled, as well as occasionally with impressions of dried plant remnants placed to dry in the book or rusty paperclips. Otherwise a nice overall impression.
Search terms: Orchid care, horticulture, plants, botany, plant manual, orchid cultivation,
Author/Editor:
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Title:
The Orchid Grower`s Manual
Collation:
8°(20x12cm), with numerous wood engravings, xiv, 659 pages, 10 leaves, linen with gold stamping
Place / Publisher:
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries / London
Description:
Comprehensive descriptions of the best-known orchid plants, specialized greenhouse management, temperature requirements and historical propagation techniques. Illustrations: Contains numerous woodcuts of plant species, architectural designs and show greenhouses. (cf. Google)
Condition:
Spine lightly rubbed and bumped at the corners. Both hinges are cracked and the two flyleaves are torn along the fold. Front free endpaper stamped by the previous owner. Title verso darkened with marker (5 lines). Paper slightly browned and later increasingly brown-speckled, as well as occasionally with impressions of dried plant remnants placed to dry in the book or rusty paperclips. Otherwise a nice overall impression.
Search terms: Orchid care, horticulture, plants, botany, plant manual, orchid cultivation,
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Botany, Education, Illustrated, Natural History, Nature
Book title
The Orchid Grower`s Manual
Author/ Illustrator
Benjamin Samuel Williams
Condition
Very good
Publication year oldest item
1885
Height
20 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
12 cm
Language
English
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Victoria and Paradise Nurseries / London
Binding/ Material
Hardback
Extras
Hand coloured illustrations
Number of pages
693
