The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects Publisher Joannis Martyn Publisher Place

Publisher Joannis Martyn Publisher Place Londini Date Published 1676 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near Fine Condition Description There is a touch of faint foxing to a few of the text pages

and cultural life of the Sukhothai period (modified from the rear cover)

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discoloration is from flecks of paint and is a byproduct of painting

This is Bulletin of the United States National Museum

The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects Publisher Joannis Martyn Publisher PlacePp. xvi, 300; 38 woodcuts in text. Publishers original forest green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, and stamped in blind along the outer borders of the front and rear covers, 8vo. This is Darwins primary work on plant fertilization. Darwin was keenly interested in the morphology of orchids and how these structures enticed insects to fertilize them. This is Freeman 814; there are only eight John Murray entries in Freeman for Fertilisation of