SAYERS, Brendan; Susan SEX ( illustrator ). Ireland's Wild Orchids. A Field Guide.

SAYERS, Brendan; Susan SEX ( illustrator ). Ireland's Wild Orchids. A Field Guide.SAYERS, Brendan; Susan SEX (illustrator). Ireland's Wild Orchids. A Field Guide. Dublin: Printed by Nicholson and Bass for the authors. (2008.) 8vo. Original full light brown leather wraparound binding, in original brown card box, speckled edges, decorative endpapers; pp. x, 125, illustrated throughout in colour, photographs in text; with original signed watercolour by Susan Sex of common fragrant orchid bound in; fine. No. 17 of limited edition of

SAYERS, Brendan; Susan SEX (illustrator). Ireland's Wild Orchids. A Field Guide. Dublin: Printed by Nicholson and Bass for the authors. (2008.)

8vo. Original full light brown leather wraparound binding, in original brown card box, speckled edges, decorative endpapers; pp. x, 125, illustrated throughout in colour, photographs in text; with original signed watercolour by Susan Sex of common fragrant orchid bound in; fine.

No. 17 of limited edition of 850, signed by Sayer and Sex, this one of only fifty reserved for patrons, donors and authors.

This book was intended as an affordable follow up to the authors' magisterial 2004 volume Ireland's Wild Orchids, and in its most popular form is a pocket-size, ring-bound waterproof guide including pages for the reader's own notes. It was hailed as "a notable alliance of science, art and craft, and a timely tool in the current run of orchidaceous summers" (Viney, M. 2009 "Book review: Ireland's wild orchids: a field guide". Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 110B, 79). However, this special edition goes quite against the original rationale of the publication by being a lavish production, with the original watercolour not being reproduced in the book.

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