Author: Osorio, Luis F.
Title: Orquideas Colombianas.
Description: Medellin: Felix de Bedoute Hijos, 1941. First edition. Pp. 106, (1), printed on front side of each page only; 10 full-page fine color plates after original color paintings, numerous smaller black-and-white photos. Gray cloth, with tan pictorial image of an orchid on the front cover, oblong sm 4to (9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches). The text is presented in parallel columns in Spanish and English; there are two title pages in Spanish and English. Signed and dedicated by the author, dated 1946 on the English title page. A rare work on orchids printed during WWII in Medellin, Colombia. Front cover a bit spotted, title hand-printed in ink on spine; one outer corner with small bump to cloth; a tight and clean copy in very good condition..

Keywords: Botany flora orchids orchidology Medellin Colmobia South America Spanish Osorio


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