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 E.G.H. Oliver: '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. This fact is all the more remarkable when one considers its distribution. People from Europe need no introduction to their heaths which can splash the countryside with pink. Apart from the true heather, Calluna, the genus Erica contributes only 21 species to the heath flora of Europe. The bulk of the species of Erica are confined to the southern tip of Africa in a concentration that is not equalled by any other plant group in the world. The array of colours and forms of ericas here in the southern Cape Province is both remarkable and overwhelming. No wonder then that some people'
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)
