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Schumann (Dolf) and Kirsten (Gerhard) In Collaboration with E.G.H. Oliver ERICAS OF SOUTH AFRICA (
Collectors' edition. 272 pages, 2 colour maps, 20 full page colour plates, numerous colour illustrations, half leather with green cloth boards, titled gilt on the spine with gilt vignette on upper cover top edge gilt, housed in a matching green cloth slip case decorated with a plate sunk illustration of an erica, a fine copy.
From the foreword: By far the largest of the genera in our flora is Erica: with 657 species to its credit it has almost twice as many as the next largest genus or even the whole protea family.
The limitations page reads: Collectors' Edition. A special edition limited to 100 copies. This volume is number 1 presented to Fernwood Press (Pty) Ltd signed by the authors.
Fernwood Press
Cape Town
1992
Large 4to (305 x 235 mm)
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
Collectors' edition. 272 pages, 2 colour maps, 20 full page colour plates, numerous colour illustrations, half leather with green cloth boards, titled gilt on the spine with gilt vignette on upper cover top edge gilt, housed in a matching green cloth slip case decorated with a plate sunk illustration of an erica, a fine copy.
From the foreword: By far the largest of the genera in our flora is Erica: with 657 species to its credit it has almost twice as many as the next largest genus or even the whole protea family.
The limitations page reads: Collectors' Edition. A special edition limited to 100 copies. This volume is number 1 presented to Fernwood Press (Pty) Ltd signed by the authors.
Fernwood Press
Cape Town
1992
Large 4to (305 x 235 mm)
To bid please visit AntiquarianAuctions.com
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