
VERSCHAFFELT CAMELLIAS
'THIS WORK IS ONE OF THE RAREST AND GREATEST
OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY CAMELLIA ICONOGRAPHIES.
THE VERSCHAFFELTS WERE A FAMILY OF NURSERYMEN
SPECIALIZING IN CAMELLIAS AND PUBLISHED THIS BOOK
REALLY AS A CATALOGUE OF NEWLY INTRODUCED SPECIES
AND RECENTLY DEVELOPED HYBRIDS WHICH WERE AVAILABLE
FROM THEIR NURSERIES.'
(SOURCE: SOTHEBY'S MAGNIFICENT BOTANICAL BOOKS,
1987)
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