Orchids in the Life and Work of Auguste R. Endrés. 2 volumes (text and illustrations). 399 figs.(partly col.). XVI, 890 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. -In box.

The disclosure of Costa Rican orchid diversity during the second halfof the Nineteenth century is profoundly indebted with the exploratoryand botanical work by Auguste R. Endrés. Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach,George Nicholson, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, FriedrichWilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin, Carlyle August Luer, and Franco Pupulin, described almost one hundred orchid species on the basis of plantscollected by Endrés during his journey in Costa Rica.The thousands of plants, sketches, analytical drawings, habitat notesand botanical descriptions prepared be Endrés from 1866 to 1874, whenhe mostly resided in Costa Rica, form an extraordinary legacy, that hasuntil today waited for in - deep scrutiny and interpretation. Thesetwo volumes present the biography and the most relevant botanicalachievements of this extraordinary man. - A heavy set (4 kg).