Du Plessis Enid Text (3 results)

4to; original orange cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; pictorial dustwrapper, housed in removable protector; pp. 203, incl. index; colour plates and facing text. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed to top fore-corner of upper panel. Near fine condition. ' "The whole country affords a fine field for botany, being enamelled with the greatest number of flowers I ever saw, of exquisite beauty and fragrance." So enthusiastically wrote Francis Masson, in September 1773, of the Saldanha and Saint Helena Bay areas. So too agree all who visit the Sandveld - the coastal strip of the western Cape Province, north of Cape Town - in flower-time. And this is a fine field, not only for botanists but for all lovers of nature and of the beautiful. . The flowers of the Sandveld have never before been the subject of a single study. In this book are produced paintings by Hilda Mason . of over 500 of the most spectacular flowers.'.…

Condition: Gut. 28,5 cm. 203 S. Mit 85 Farbtafeln. Original Leinen (Hardcover). Gutes Exemplar. Rücken am Fuß minimal lichtgeblichen. Deckel mit einer Beschabung von ca. 1,5 cm, an dessen Ende eine winzige Stelle bis auf die Pappe durchgerieben. Sonst schön und sauber. Der Schutzumschlag angerändert, mit einem Loch und Einrissen. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof.em. Wilhelm Barthlott, Bonn (Stempel).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author (Hilda Mason) in ink on the front end page. The jacket and boards are slightly edge rubbed with light browning. The binding is secure. Small ink inscription from a previous owner on the front end page. Light browning along the edges of the pages, not affecting text. Tall and heavy book, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Signed. …