WARNER, ROBERT, BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS AND THOMAS MOORE The Orchid Album, comprising coloured figures and s of new, rare, and beautiful orchidaceous plants. London: B.S. Williams, 1882–1897 FIRST EDITION, 4to (300 x 239mm.), 528 (on 527) lithographed plates by and after John Nugent Fitch, partly hand-coloured, partly colour-printed, plates 9/10 constitute one folding plate, contemporary green calf, some spotting, mainly to text The obituary of Benjamin Samuel Williams in volume 9 states “In 1881 he commenced his magnum opus, the Orchid Album, which as projected with the idea of supplying a demand for illustrations of orchidaceous plants, with botanical s of the plants figured, and notes on their cultivation… its appearance was hailed with great satisfaction in horticultural circles throughout the world, and it numbers amongst its subscribers nearly all lovers of orchids and many of our leading and most influential horticulturalists”. LITERATURE: Great Flower Books, p.80; Nissen BBI 2107; Stafleu TL2 6282
WARNER, ROBERT, BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLIAMS AND THOMAS MOORE The Orchid Album, comprising coloured figures and s of new, rare, and beautiful orchidaceous plants. London: B.S. Williams, 1882–1897 FIRST EDITION, 4to (300 x 239mm.), 528 (on 527) lithographed plates by and after John Nugent Fitch, partly hand-coloured, partly colour-printed, plates 9/10 constitute one folding plate, contemporary green calf, some spotting, mainly to text The obituary of Benjamin Samuel Williams in volume 9 states “In 1881 he commenced his magnum opus, the Orchid Album, which as projected with the idea of supplying a demand for illustrations of orchidaceous plants, with botanical s of the plants figured, and notes on their cultivation… its appearance was hailed with great satisfaction in horticultural circles throughout the world, and it numbers amongst its subscribers nearly all lovers of orchids and many of our leading and most influential horticulturalists”. LITERATURE: Great Flower Books, p.80; Nissen BBI 2107; Stafleu TL2 6282
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