The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids Are Fertilised by Insects
by: Charles Darwin

Softcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 300 pages. Originally published in 1877, the first of Darwin's books to be published after the Origin of the Species. It is his detailed study of orchid morphology and insect pollinators and their close coadaptation. Orchid fanciers will appreciate Darwin's meticulous research and the many elegant drawings that illustrate this facsimile edition. Name on half-title page otherwise clean.