Rudolph Marloth (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. First Edition. 208 pages (complete). A resolute copy. At some stage the book has languished somewhat in damp storage conditions. The boards are much wrinkled, worn, damaged, stained. They are steady and sure. The contents too have been wrinkled and marked throughout from the storage conditions. Nonetheless, the pages are patient, passive, competent, amenable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4 volumes, bound in 6. Vol1: xviii+264pp 65 plates Vol2: Section 1: xii+p1-p120 (120pp) +d(4), 42 plates Section 2: iv+p121-p272 (151pp) 38 plates Vol3: Section 1: xx+p1-p148 (148pp)+b(2), 38 plates. Section 2: iii + p149-p349 (200pp) 32 plates Vol4: x+208pp 60 plates Green cloth bindings, with titles to top boards and spines - top edges gilt. A handsome, complete set with the scarce dust jackets. The infamous figure 59 in volume 4 is missing as is usual, with the publisher's errata slip describing the error inserted in its place. Scattered foxing throughout the volumes and fore edges mildly foxed. The boards have only some of the usual white flecking and remain bright and attractive. Plate 50 in volume 4 is loose and the binding cracked, with cord exposed. All other bindings and the remainder of this volume are tight, firm and unshaken, which for this set is uncommon. The jackets are variably nicked and frayed but where this is the case only mildly; housed now in removable plastic coverings. A handsome set of this landmark work of South African botany. Rudolph Marloth was a Prussian analytic chemist who came to South Africa in the early 1880s. His passion for botany resulted in his first publication on the Cape flora, Das Kapland (1908)- he taught chemistry at Stellenbosch University, notably to JC Smuts, and there offered a course in botany. He was a keen mountaineer and co-founder of The Mountain Club. The Flora of South Africa is Marloth's magnum opus made possible by Sir Lionell and Lady Phillips who paid for its publication and printing. Sadly, Marloth did not live to see the final volume of the work appear in print. Veld & Flora SEPTEMBER 1976.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1903 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 16 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

with Synoptical Tables of the Genera of the Higher Plants.First edition. 4 vols in 6. Profusely illustrated. 4to. Original green buckram, gilt, slightly worn, top edges gilt. xviii, 264; xii, 120; iv, 121-272; xx, 148; iii, 149-349; x, 208pp. Capetown, Darter Bros. & Co., 1913 - A very good copy of the monumental botanical survey of South Africa, which is rarely found complete, as here, including plate 59 in volume 4 which is usually missing. Nissen, BBI 1276.