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Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day, 1863-1888 by Philip Cribb

Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day, 1863-1888

Philip Cribb
464 pages
Blacker Design Publishing
Jul 2006
Hardcover
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John Day was one of the richest and most famous orchid growers in Europe. No amateur of his time possessed a greater knowledge of orchids. Day illustrated over 2,300 orchids, bound together in 53 scrapbooks. These illustrations now form one of the most important botanical archives in the world. The Day collection includes the earliest
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