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| Title | Miltonia ( Hybrida) Bleuana -TAB 32 | |
| Maker | Henry Moon / Sander's 'Reichenbachia, Orchids Illustrated & Described' | |
| Year | London, 1888 - 1894 | |
| Description | Folio
size antique lithograph of Orchids ( Miltonia ( Hybrida)
Bleuana ).from Frederick Sander's 'Reichenbachia, Orchids Illustrated
& Described', published in 1888-1894. This work is considered by many
to be the pinnacle of all the orchid publications of the period. It was
named after Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824-1889), a prominent botanist,
ornithologist & orchid fancier. Sander, a native of Ghent &
founder of Messsrs Sanders of St Albans, a large nursery firm, intended in
this work to illustrate all classes of orchids, drawn life sized &
colored by lithography or hand painted when found expedient.For the
illustration of the work he engaged the services of Henry Moon (1857-1905)
and the lithographers Joseph Mansell and Gustav Leutzsch. The picture does not do justice to this very bright colored lithograph |
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| Location/Subject | Botanical Antique Prints / Flowers / Orchid / Miltonia ( Hybrida) Bleuana / Reichenbachia | |
| Condition | Very Good | |
| Image size | Overall size is ca. 20,5 x 14 inch. | |
| Price | $ 255.00 | |
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