Ericas in Southern Africa-Collector's Edition 385/400- SIGNED

Ericas in Suthern Africa with paintings by Irma Von Below, Fay Anderson and Others, text by Col.H.A.Baker and E.G.H. Oliver-edited by E.G.H. Oliver.

Full dark green pebbled leather with gilt blocking to front board, with four raised ribs to spine with gilt decoration, and gilt on red label to spine.Illustrated endpapers.

One hundred and fifty years ago Andrew's classic illustrated works on South African Ericas were first published in England. Today these volumes are rarely available  to the collector of Africana, and are beyond the reach of the average person.

Since the Andrews volumes there has been no illustrated work devoted exclusively to South African Ericas even though this is such a vast genus of over 600 species and of such great interest.

It is not possible in a single volume adequately to describe and illustrate each species. This work is representative of a cross-section of the genus as a whole throughout South Africa and 167 species are illustrated in full colour and great detail. As the genus is divided into a number of sections in which the members have some relative affinity, species representative of each section are chosen with, in addition, special reference to size, range and form, colour variations and geographical distribution to make it as far as possible representative of the whole genus.

Illustrated endpapers, Collector's Edition label with signatures of authors and artists, numbered 385 of 400 copies in this leather limited edition. Half-Title, Frontispiece, Title, Portraits, Foreword, Preface, Erica Book Fund, Table of Contents, Introduction, Glossary. lxvi plus 180 pages text with supporting plates.

Very clean copy.