The Orchid (Royal Kew Botanical Gardens): Deluxe Boxed Edition, With 40 Frameable Prints
by LAUREN GARDINER, PHILLIP CRIBB
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- The Orchid; The History of this Extraordinary Flower in 40 Orchids comes encased in a beautiful collector's box. Fine and comple/No Jacket
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
The Orchid; The History of this Extraordinary Flower comes encased in a beautiful collector's box. Fine and complete. As new. Produced in association with The Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, this wonderful book is enhanced with botanical illustrations by the great orchid artists, 40 of which have were selected as high quality prints. Presented in a beautiful collector's box, in fine condition. Captivating, beautiful, Incredibly diverse and often elusive, orchids can be found in nearly all environments, ranging from sea level to an elevation of almost 5,000 meters. Victorian plant hunters scoured the globe for new species to bring back for botanical gardens and private collectors; "orchidmania" among gardeners was born and persists to this day. Enhanced with notes and letters held in Kew's archives and illustrations by artists such as John Day and Sarah Drake, this is an exceptionally beautiful book on an extraordinary plant. Lauren Gardiner is Curator of the Cambridge University Herbarium and a member of the RHS Orchid Committee. She previously worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where she specialized in the conservation of Madagascan plants, including orchids and palms. Phillip Cribb is a leading specialist on the taxonomy and conservation of orchids. He was Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, until his retirement in 2006.
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- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31656
- Title
- The Orchid (Royal Kew Botanical Gardens): Deluxe Boxed Edition, With 40 Frameable Prints
- Author
- LAUREN GARDINER, PHILLIP CRIBB
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - The Orchid; The History of this Extraordinary Flower in 40 Orchids comes encased in a beautiful collector's box. Fine and comple
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Deluxe
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- london
- Date Published
- 2018
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- NATURAL HISTORY, GARDENING
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