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Lot 119
Sale 1170 - The Collected Home
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Aug 31, 2023
Lots Close
Sep 13, 2023
Timed Online / Chicago
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250
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$95
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Lot Description
DYKES, William Rickatson (1877-1925). The Genus Iris. Cambridge & Chicago: University Press & The University of Chicago Press, 1913.
Folio. Numerous illustrations in color. Original brown morocco-backed cloth, gilt-lettered to upper cover and spine (front cover detached, some wear and staining). Provenance: The Lake Forest Library (withdrawn shelfmarks).
FIRST EDITION of amateur botanist Dykes' second book, which was the first classification of irises according to Linnaeus' system, and includes full-color plates made from watercolors by F.H. Round.
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