JOHN DAY
PHILLIP CRIBB AND MICHAEL TIBBS A VERY VICTORIAN PASSION THE ORCHID PAINTINGS OF JOHN DAY 1863 TO 1888
Size: 30 x 21.2 cm (11.8 x 8.3 Inches)Published by Blacker Publishing & The Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew in Association With Thames & Hudson.
First edition, Pp. 464
No. of Illustrations: 194 Illustrations.
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'.
John Day (1824-1888) was an English orchid-grower and collector, and is noted for producing some 4000 illustrations of orchid species in 53 scrapbooks over a period of 15 years.
This book is on a collection of John Day's artwork in A Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day by Phillip Cribb and Michael Tibbs, two leading authorities on Orchidceae, who provide a detailed review of the history, background, and botany of the orchids depicted.
BINDING : Hardcover, No Dust Jacket.
Provenance : Collection of a Gentleman
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