The Slipper Orchids: Selenipedium, Phragmipedium, Criosanthes, Cypripedium, Paphiopedilum (the Collector’s edition limited to 100 copies signed by the author and artist) 184 black-and-white photo-plates

184 black-and-white photo-plates

On the front endpaper there is a pencil signature attached: “From Prof

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of which many of the types are either lost or practically inaccessible

Netherlands Date Published 1972 Date Published Estimated No Edition Reprint Number of Volumes 1 Reprint Yes Condition Near fine Condition Description A fine (new) copy

The Slipper Orchids: Selenipedium, Phragmipedium, Criosanthes, Cypripedium, Paphiopedilum (the Collector’s edition limited to 100 copies signed by the author and artist) 184 black-and-white photo-platesPp. vii, 263; 104 full page color plates from paintings by Esme F. Hennessy. One quarter dark red oasis morocco over marbled boards by Peter Carstens with pictorial endpapers, in a heavy cloth and marbled paper leather tipped slipcase as issued, sm folio (13 1 2 x 10 inches). Loosely laid in at front is an original watercolor painting of Pahiopedium delinatii, signed on the verso by the artist and numbered 23 95. This volume is no. 10 of 100 copies of