Sertum orchidaceum : a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers / selected by John Lindley, Ph.D. F.R.S. Professor of Botany in University College, London, and in the Royal Institution of Great Britain, etc. etc.
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Title
Sertum orchidaceum : a wreath of the most beautiful orchidaceous flowers / selected by John Lindley, Ph.D. F.R.S. Professor of Botany in University College, London, and in the Royal Institution of Great Britain, etc. etc.
Shelf mark
582 Lin
Author or creator
Lindley, John (1799-1865).
Scope & content
Published in ten parts, from 1837 to 1841, listed in Stafleu as follows: plates 1-5, September 1837; 6-10, April 1838; 11-15, July 1838; 16-20, September 1838; 21-25, September 1838; 26-30, December 1839 (though the plates bear dates from July to December 1839); 31-34 and frontispiece, February 1840; 35-39, June 1840; 40-44, May 1841 (most of the plates are dated April 1841); 45-49, December 1841. Publisher's prospectus, in the form of two leaves printed as three pages, one of them a subscription form, pasted on front free endpaper.