Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Selections from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
Dykes, William R., and E. Katherine Dykes | A landmark in the history of botanical literature
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Dykes, William R., and E. Katherine Dykes
The Genus Iris. Cambridge: University Press, 1913
Folio. Color plates. Publisher's green cloth.
A landmark in the history of botanical literature — the lifework of the world's foremost authority on irises
Dykes served as Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society. Illustrated with 47 colored plates after drawings by F. H. Round, 30 line drawings after C. W. Johnson, and a colored plate of seeds after Miss R. M. Cardew.