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Auction #114 begins on 11 Apr 2024

Hutchinson (J.)

A BOTANIST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (Presentation copy)

Foreword by the Rt. Hon. J.C. Smuts

Published: P. R. Gawthorn, London, 1946

Edition: De Luxe Edition

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686 pages, colour frontispiece portrait of Smuts, numerous illustrations and line drawings, map, distribution maps and a folding chart, full ldark green leather, gilt on spine, marbled end papers, top edge gilt.

Contains as chapter 30 a lengthy review of South African botanical literature with special reference to the taxonomy of flowering plants.

Presentation inscription to Smuts by the author. Bookplate of Jan Christiaan Smuts on front paste down end paper.

  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: 8vo (250 x 160 mm)
  • Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
  • Contact Person: Paul Mills
  • Country: South Africa
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