Australian Orchids Two Volumes by Fitzgerald Robert David (1 results)

Half calf. Introductory notes by Mr J.J. Betts and Mr Robert D FitzGerald (illustrator). Facsimile Edition. Folio, two volumes, original half calf green leather bindings with gilt decoration. Limited Edition, both volumes number 279 of 350, Volume I: pp. (xiv) (xiv) 68 full-page colour plates including 5 double-page plates, each plate with one or two pages of accompanying text, pp. xii synopsis at rear; Volume II: pp. (viii) 51 full-page colour plates including 5 double-page plates, each plate with one or two pages of accompanying text; decorated endpapers. Both volumes signed by Robert D. FitzGerald (grandson of the artist). Fine condition, in the original numbered and titled cardboard boxes. FitzGerald's Australian Orchids was originally published in installments from 1875, with the final part published after his in 1894. This facsimile reproduction includes copies of the original covers of each published part.