Beschreibung:

The Genus Masdevallia, issued by the Marquess of Lothian, K.T., Chiefly from Plants in his Collection of Orchids at Newbattle Abbey ... with additional notes by F.C. Lehmann. London: Lyne & Sons for R.H. Porter, 1890-96.
9 parts in one volume, folio (444 x 315 mm). Errata leaf, 87 hand-colored lithographic plates by M. & N. Hanhart after F.C. Lehmann, J. Barbosa Rodriquez and Woolward (one double-page), double-page map and 61 wood-engraved text illustrations. Contemporary green half morocco gilt, nine original printed wrappers bound in at end, top edge gilt; some minor staining to text and occasionally to plate margins.
FIRST EDITION. A scarce work on orchids, originally issued in nine parts. The author notes that "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.