152 pages, frontispiece, numerous illustrations throughout, quarter maroon leather bound by Peter Carstens, titled gilt on the spine with matching marbled boards housed in a cloth slipcase with marbled edges and leather lips, a fine copy.
The Collectors' Edition is limited to 90 copies. This is no. 46 inscribed to R.G. Jeffery and signed by the authors and the artist.
From the introduction. Dierama most commonly known as Hairbells in Africa is a genus of the Iris family and is notable for its tall graceful flowering stems that divide at the top into a number of usually pendulous flowering branchlets. The name Dierama gives continued currency to an ancient Greek word meaning a funnel.
- Overall Condition: A Fine Copy
- Size: 4to (320 x 250 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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