Cribb. P. & Tibbs, M. A very Victorian Passion. The Orchid Paintings of John Day 1863 to 1888. 1st. Ed. Pub. Blacker & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2004
pp.464 with colour and b/w. illus. throughout. Landscape 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
Sir Harry Veitch VHM said of John Day that his “collection became one of the richest and most famous in Europe...no amateur of his time possessed a greater practical knowledge of orchids”.
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