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Warner & Williams's Orchidaceous Plants - Volume with 40 Folio Orchid Lithographs - This beautiful volume with 40 folio orchid lithographs is Robert Warner's Select orchidaceous plants. The notes on culture by Benjamin S. Williams [...] This is the first series of the work which was published between 1862 and 1865 in London by John Edward Taylor for Lovell Reeve & Co. This work is illustrated with 40 originally hand-colored lithographs on the orchid species. It is bound in contemporary quarter green shagreen, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands. The lithographs were completed by the botanical illustrators Walter Hood Fitch and James Andrews. It was produced during the Orchidelirium craze of the Victorian era. The work helped accurately depict the orchids as well as describe their nomenclature and care. ”Orchid hunting” was a treacherous sport and the volumes will often credit those who secured the specimens, often from difficult terrains in Central America, South America, and Asia. Paper Size: ~ 12 3/4” by 18” Paper Type or Special Features: Volume with 40 Folio Orchid Lithographs