A Very Victorian Passion The Orchid Paintings of John Day from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Phillip Cribb & Michael Tibbs.
A Very Victorian Passion The Orchid Paintings of John Day from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew by Phillip Cribb & Michael Tibbs.
Publisher: Blacker Publishing, 2004, first edition.
Very good hardback with jacket, small bump to corner, gift inscription to ffep. Pages excellent. Jacket has edge-wear.
John Day's ink and watercolour illustrations of over 2300 orchids now form one of the most important botanical archives in the world. This book presents 280 of those illustrations, as well as discussing the Victorians' love of orchids and looking at 'a year in the life of a Victorian orchid grower'. 31 x 22 cm. 464 pages, illustrated.
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