NAMAQUALAND, A SUCCULENT DESERT (Collectors' Edition)

Collectors' Edition: 156 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with colour photographs, distribution maps, half red morocco, grey cloth sides with a gilt vignette, contained in a cloth and marbled paper slip case - binding and case by Peter Carstens, a fine copy.

Collectors' Edition. A Special Edition Limited to 25 copies. This is volume number 23.

Signed by the authors and photographer.

'With its spectacular photographs and superlative presentation of the pertinent facts, this book unveils the unique features of Namaqualand's botanical riches. Within the relatively small region are found some of the richest assemblages of plants, reptiles and insects anywhere on earth - a veritable 'hotspot' of biodiversity as measured by any standard. Not only are half the approximately 3000 species of plants in the area endemic - found nowhere else - but in their forms they are extraordinarily interesting and diverse. Thus both the rich diversity of plants and their characteristic appearance marks Namaqualand as a jewel among the deserts of the world - a place where the forces of evolution and adaption have produced a formidable array of some of the most fascinating, beautiful and unusual plants to be found anywhere.' From the introduction by Peter H. Raven, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, U.S.A.