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499pp.with ills.-out-of-text, 22cm., 2nd ed. [text in Portuguese]
16x17. 36p. Pres. A. Suassuna. DEDICADO. Ilstr.
"Marianne North was one of those intrepid Victorian Lady Travellers, most renowned for her brilliant botanical paintings, displayed in specially designed Gallery in the Botanical Gardens at Kew. This book uses extracts from her autobigraphical account of her travels ("Recollections of a Happy Life. Being the Autobiography of Marianne North". Edited by Her Sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds. Two volumes. 1894) and is beautifully illustrated with her paintings, many reproduced for the first time. The book was published in collaboration with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Preface by J P M Brenan, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Biographical note by Brenda E Moon. 240p. illus (col) maps on endpapers. A nice book to send as a gift ! Book
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xvii, [i, list of illus], 444, 34 [publisher's catalog] pp, 10 plates, frontis with tissue guard, 2 folding maps including one quite large (tear at margin), index, includes the half title page. original orange pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, spine a little worn, good cover, internal hinge repaired, minor foxing on some pages, interior is clean, unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author travelled extensively in Brazil over a one year period, providing good descriptions of life, society, nature, etc. He collected 1132 plants, animals and insects. Humphreys 1421. Welch 37.
xlvii + 308 + iv pp., br.orig. (dos peu réparé), non coupé, 23cm., intérieur en bel état
95pp.texte + 24 planches hors-texte, dans la série "Junta de investigaçoes do ultramar. Estudos, Ensaios e documentos" vol.71, reliure en toile rouge, jaq., bon état
PLON , Terre Humaine, 1973, 345 pp., relié, jaquette très légèrement défraîchie, tranches un peu salies, état correct.
20x13. 217p.
cm 45x89. colored pochoir print. Litografia colorata con la tecnica del pochoir. Santos Dumont (1873-1932), brasiliano, fu un pioniere dell’aviazione; disegnò e costruì alcuni dei primi dirigibili, compì il famoso volo attorno alla torre Eiffel. La Demoiselle, monoplano costruibile in soli 15 giorni, fu l’ultima creazione di Santos Dumont. ottime condizioni.
Rio de Janeiro, Ariel, 1935. 4to.; 200 pp., 1 h. Ejemplar algo abarquillado. Cubiertas originales. Fatigadas.
Madrid, Espasa Calpe, 1935. 4to.; 247 pp., 2 hs. y 55 ilustraciones fotográficas entre el texto. Cubiertas originales.
xiii + 241 pages, illustrated, maps, glossary, reading list. eng
382pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Broch?. 267 pages. Jaquette r?par?e.
ISBN : 2092900803. Nathan. 1988. In-4 Carré. Relié, Jaquette. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 255 pages. Photo en couleur en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses photos en couleur dans et hors texte. Jaquette déchirée avec manque. 'Image'. Les cycles d'expansion. La dernière grande forêt du monde. Un équilibre en sursis. L'Amazonien...
Features: Dendrobium loddigesii 'Malvern', CCM/AOS; A Different Greenhouse - The New Grower - 2; The Bifoliate Cattleyas of Brazil - The Granulosae; Conserving Indian Orchids; Eulophidium, Eulophia and the Former Genus Lissochilus - Collector'e Item; A Visit to Asociacion Guatemalteca de Orquideologia; The Culture of the brachypetalum Section of Paphiopedilum; Reichenbachia - Classics of Orchid Literature; Effects of Media and Supplementary Micro Element Fertilization on Growth and Chemical Composition of Cattleya. Very light wear and rubbing. Book
112 pages. Features: Paphiopedilum rothschildianum; Habenaria medioflexa; The Rare Koellensteinia eburnea of Brazil; Tropical Techniques and Exotic Imports - Commercial Orchid Firms; Incidence of Cymbidium Mosaic and Odontoglossum Ringspot Viruses in Wild and cultivated Orchids of the Cattleya alliance Surveyed in Florida; Cymbidiums in Fir Bark - Past and Present; Two and a Half Paphinias of Venezuela - Orchids of Venezuela; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - 67 - Ionopsis; Cymbidium devonianum and its Hybrids; Glenn E. Pollard - Student of Mexican Orchids. Rubbing to front cover. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Features: Sophronitis and Hadrolaelias of Brazil; Restrepia guttulata - Conservation in Cultivation; Take an Orchid Vacation; Development of Callus and Plantlets from Epidendrum Root Tips cultured in vitro; Orchid Genera, Illustrated - 63 - Caularthron; Columbia and Cattleya trianaei; Some Orchids of the Nepal Himalayas; Restrepia - Orchids for the Connoisseur. Moderate rubbing to covers. Book
96 pages. Features: The Bifoliate Cattleyas of Brazil - The Intermidiae; A Sad Experience; some New Paths in Odontoglossum Breeding; Leochilus and Hybochilus Compared with Mesospinidium - Collector's Item. Phalaenopsis are Easy to Grow; Sepik Blue or May River red?; Cultivation of Cypripedium calceolus and Cypripedium reginae; An Orchid Conservation Review for South Florida; Growing Cool Odontoglossums in New England; Paphiopedilum druryi - Revisited. Very light edgewear. Book
100 pages. Features: The Bifoliate Cattleyas of Brazil - The Guttatae; The Pollination of Dendrobium lichenastrum (F.Muell.) Krzl.; Dendrobium densiflorum and its Allies; Diaphananthe and Cyrtorchis - Collector's Item; The Reproductive Biology of the Epiphytic Orchids of Florida 4 - sexually Selective attraction of Moths to the Floral Fragrance of Epidendrum anceps Jacquin; the National Orchidarium at shillong; Angraecum viguieri - A Brown Angraecum?; Famous Doritaenapsis Crosses; Your First Paphiodedilums - Some suggestions; Odontonia Clinton Tooley; Plantet Formation for Root-tip Culture in Phalaenopsis. Only light signs of handling. Book
96 pages. Features: Some orchids of Southwestern Goias, Brazil; Neomoorea irrorata - Perseverance with an Orchid Species; Paphiopedilum spicerianum; Orchids, Their Care and Management - Classics of Orchid Literature; A litter to Orchid Conservationists; C.H. Lankester and Two African Aerangis; Red spider Controlledd in a Cymbidium Nursery; The Orange blossom Orchid - sarochilus falcatus; Wardian Case Culture; Neomoorea Irrorata - Collector's item; Do Orchid Leaves Photorespire?; Help! Basic Orchid Culture - 10. Lovely copy. Book
Features include: Vanda Sanderiana and Its Hybrids; The Novel Orchid Pot from Brazil; Notes on Germinating Cypripedium Seed (III): Procedure with Infected Seed; A Revision of the Genus Chysis; Collectors' Item: Eulophiella Rolfei; Sophronitis Hybrids; How Can Botanicals be Judged?; Hapu as a Potting Medium; Standards for Orchids for Retail Florists; For the Windowsill Orchidist: a Pep Talk; and Beginners' Handbook: Potting and Potting Media. Light wear. Unmarked. A clean copy. Book