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Auction #126 begins on 25 Sep 2025

Schumann (Dolf) & Kirsten (Gerhard)

ERICAS OF SOUTH AFRICA (Collectors’ edition signed by both authors)

In Collaboration with E.G.H. Oliver

Published: Fernwood Press, Cape Town, 1992

Edition: Collectors’ Edition

Reserve: $200

Approximately:

Estimate: $250/300

Bidding opens: 25 Sep 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 2 Oct 16:30 GMT

Ships from: South Africa

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Collectors' edition: 272 pages, 2 colour maps, 20 full page colour plates, numerous colour illustrations, half leather with green cloth boards, titled gilt on the spine with gilt vignette on upper cover, top edge gilt, housed in a matching green cloth slip case decorated with a plate sunk illustration of an erica, a very good copy.

From the foreword: By far the largest of the genera in our flora is Erica: with 657 species to its credit it has almost twice as many as the next largest genus or even the whole protea family.

The limitations page reads: Collectors' Edition. A special edition limited to 100 copies. This volume is number 75. signed by both authors.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Large 4to (305 x 235 mm)


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