Ruiz spent 11 years exploring the villages and botanical landscape of Peru and Chile. His observations of about 2000 plants, along with his impressions of the culture and perils of exploration in South America, are translated here by Richard Evans Schultes, ethnobotanical explorer of South America.
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Ruiz spent 11 years exploring the villages and botanical landscape of Peru and Chile. His observations of about 2000 plants, along with his impressions of the culture and perils of exploration in South America, are translated here by Richard Evans Schultes, ethnobotanical explorer of South America.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 357 pages, illustrated in color. "This is the translation of the diaries of Hipolito Ruiz, early botanical explorer of South America, who spent 11 years exploring the towns, villages, fields, forests, and mountains of Peru and Chile from 1777 to 1788." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, some light waviness on some of the lower page edges, FINE DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 033835
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Translated by Richard Evan Schultes and Maria Jose Nemry von Thenen de Jaramillo-Arango and transcribed from the original manuscripts by Jaime Jaramillo-Arango. Very slight edge wear near bottom of spine, otherwise in very good condition with clean and tight pages. From the private collection of animal conservationist and Professor Raul Valdez. 357 pages. Index, maps and diagrams. Seller Inventory # 004054
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 357pp, index, appendix (medicinal pants mentioned by Ruiz)bw ills, col plates (maps). Brown cloth in jacket. Near new. Translation of the journals of an early Spanish botanical explorer of South America, who spent 11 years exploring the towns, villages, fields, forests and mountains of Peru and Chile. Newly translated by the foremost modern ethnobotanical explorer of South America, the journal offers valuable information for modern readers. Includes descriptions of about 2000 plants fully indexed in the book. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 052122
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