Cattleya Citrina Yellow Serpent

by Henry Frederick Conrad Sander

$300 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine image from Sander's 'Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described', an authoritative work illustrated with life-size plates, one of the greatest of all works on orchids. Born in Bremen in 1847, Sander came to Britain in 1865 and worked in nurseries in Forest Hill. He started his own independent business by 1874 and opened the famous St. Albans establishment in 1881. The firm was later expanded to include establishments in both America and Belgium. His

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