The Genus Masdevallia, Issued by the Marquess of Lothian, K.T., Chiefly from Plants in his Collection of Orchids at Newbattle Abbey

Florence H. Woolward; Friedrich Carl Lehmann; M. & N. Hanhart; J. Barbosa Rodriquez

London: Lyne & Sons for R.H. Porter, 1890, 1896.

[Orchidology: Great Flower Books] Rare, perhaps only 150 copies were printed. Complete in 9 parts, bound in one volume. Folio, 45 x 32 cm.  Bound in contemporary green half morocco.  Gilt spine.  Crack at front cover joint. Includes 87 hand-colored lithographic plates, a double-page map of Central and South America and 61 wood-engraved text illustrations.  Nine original printed wrappers bound in at end.  

 "The person who makes the original drawings from nature should also lithograph the plates and indicate the colours to be used by the colourist, for, by this means, the works passes through fewer hands and is more likely to turn out accurate. I have therefore pursued this method throughout the present work, and have, besides, touched up the colouring of every plate sent out, numbering nearly 9,000" (Introduction). Great Flower Books, p 152; Nissen BBI 2185; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 18.284.