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Switzerland, 2015. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine./Near fine.. First edition. Hardcover. 11'' x 9''. 302pp. Illustrated in color. Inscribed by Jenny. Minor bump to corner.
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- Title Of Men and Orchids
- Author Jenny, Rudolf
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- Publisher Published by the author, Allmendingen, Switzerland
- Date 2015
- ISBN 9789942212320
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Allmendingen, Switzerland: Published by the author, 2015. NEW. Very well illustrated, quarto, pp 303, black cloth, a very good copy in dustwrapper. LIMITED EDITION OF 250 COPIES ONLY. A heavy book - extra postage will probably be necessary. ["This is neither a book on how humans grow orchids nor a treatise of how they classsify plants, but an extraordinary look at the bond that unites men - botanists, gardeners, plant hunters, explorers - to the names of orchids and the histories behind their discovery and scientific apprehension. The work is a great step into the realm of history, and orchids are the perfect excuse to expose the efforts, the courage and bravery, the ambition and jealousies, and the indomitable will of those men in the flesh who have made it possible to discover and name the amazing diversity of plants. Each of the 41 chapters that compose the volume tell the story of an orchid (or a few orchids) and a man, beginning with Acineta beyrodtiana and Otto Beyrodt, going…
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Switzerland, 2017. First edition. Hardcover. Fine./Fine.. First edition. Hardcover. 11'' X 9''.Two volumes. 302pp. : 308pp. Volume 2 is inscribed by Jenny.
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