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Orchidaceae - Cycnoches ventricosum
- Cychnoches ventricosum x Egertonianum From: Curtis’s botanical magazine; or flower garden displayed. London, 1843, volume 70, plate 4054. Hand-coloured engraving by Joseph Swan after Walter Hood Fitch (sheet 218 x 264 mm with fold). Offset and slightly browned. Text missing. € 55
The first and most important botanical magazine made up of ‘figures’ of plants and short descriptions.
Provides a storehouse of exotics, paralleling the indigenous plants … (Hunt).
A delightful work pictorially, never excelled as a periodical, most carefully
coloured and a source of lasting interest and information (Dunthorne). Started
by William Curtis in 1787 publication still continues. ¶ Pritzel 2007; Dunthorne
88; Nissen BBI 2350; Great flower books pp. 83-84; Hunt 689; Henrey 472;
Stafleu & Cowan 1290; Johnston 577.
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