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.