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A Very Victorian Passion: The Orchid Paintings of John Day, 1863 to 1888
A Very Victorian Passion The Orchid Paintings of John Day 1863 to 1888 Author:Phillip Cribb, Michael Tibbs, John Day John Day's ink and watercolour illustrations of over 2300 orchids now form one of the most important botanical archives in the world. This book presents 280 of those illustrations, as well as discussing the Victorians' love of orchids and looking at 'a year in the life of a Victorian orchid grower'.