Generos de Orchideas de Costa Rica (Orchida of Costa Rica)
by Caballero, Rafael Lucas Rodriguez; Dora Emilia Mora; M aria Eugenia Barahona; Norris H. Willia,ms;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
San Jose, Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, 1986, First Edition. . original cloth (hardcover), gilt title lettering on spine and cover, pictorial dust jacket, bit frayed at spine end, light crease, owner inscription on blank endpaper, a very good clean copy. . sm folio [33 x 26 cm]; 334 pp, complete with 142 colored plates from paintings, detailed glossary, index. . Text in English and Spanish. An important and useful description of the nu,merous orchids of Costa Rica by four experts in the field. The colored plates are excellent and detailed. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13893
- Title
- Generos de Orchideas de Costa Rica (Orchida of Costa Rica)
- Author
- Caballero, Rafael Lucas Rodriguez; Dora Emilia Mora; M aria Eugenia Barahona; Norris H. Willia,ms;
- Format/Binding
- Original cloth (hardcover), gilt title lettering on spine and cover, pictorial dust jacket, bit frayed at spine end, light creas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- San Jose, Editorial Universidad de Costa Rica, 1986, First Edition.
- Size
- sm folio [33 x 26 cm]; 334 pp, c
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Botany;
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About the Seller
Horizon Books
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Toronto, Ontario
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