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466 - COGNIAUX, Célestin Alfred (1841–1916) and Alfred GOOSSENS (1…
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Estimate €500 - €1,000
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COGNIAUX, Célestin Alfred (1841–1916) and Alfred GOOSSENS (1866–1944). *Illustrated Dictionary of Orchids*. Brussels, 1896–1907. 17 portfolio folders (14.5 x 20 cm) (one empty) containing over 716 sheets identifying orchid varieties, each volume with an index, over 750 reproductions based on Goossens’ works, colour lithographs by J.-L. Goffart. It includes: Cypripedium (115), Cattleya (95), Dendrobium (49), Oncidium (42), Laelio-Cattleya (37), Masdevallia (23), Laelia (46), Vanda (21), Phalaenopsis (12), Lycaste (16), Miltonia (29), Odontoglossum (75), Apidendrum (30), Cymbidium (11), Genus without a special portfolio (31, most with several plates), genus without a special portfolio (a second one, 115), Cypripedium (0), making a total of approximately 716. Some wear to the portfolios; the reproductions are in very fine condition.
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About the sale At 10.00 am: COINS, STAMPS, POSTCARDS, POKÉMON CARDS, PLEIADES, COMIC BOOKS, CHILDREN’S BOOKS, CINEMA POSTERS and at 2.00 pm: 18th- and 19th-century books, travel, arts, regionalism …
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Auction time 09/08/2026 at 10:00 AM
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