Rare Books
Orchids of the north eastern United States
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- Description
- A two-volume work of photographs by Edwin Hale Lincoln consisting of 84 platinum prints, approximately 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches each, mounted on white handmade paper. Each photograph has a handwritten ink caption on the mount below the print, with the orchid's scientific and common names and sometimes other description. In most images, plant specimens are presented on a flat surface, showing details of flowers and leaves, with some views of roots and corms. A few photographs depict orchids growing in situ.
- Publication date
- 1931.
- Call number
- 653400
- Provenance
- Purchased from Donald A. Heald Rare Books & Fine Art with support from The Ahmanson Foundation in Honor of James P. Folsom, Marge and Sherm Telleen/Marion and Earle Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens, December 2020.
