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Auction #118 begins on 03 Oct 2024

Sim (Thomas R.)

HANDBOOK OF THE FERNS OF KAFFRARIA

Comprising Descriptions and Illustrations of the Ferns and Descriptions of the Plants Allied to Ferns with Cultural Notes, Etc.

Published: Printed by Taylor & Henderson, Aberdeen, 1891

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $40

Approximately:

Estimate: $60/70

Bidding opens: 3 Oct 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 10 Oct 16:30 GMT

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First edition: 62 pages of letterpress, 66 plain lithographic plates, original half green morocco with green pebble-grained cloth boards, titled gilt on the spine, starting to wear at the font hinge, a good copy.

Thomas Robertson Sim (25 June 1858 in Northfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – 23 July 1938 in Durban, Natal) was a botanist, bryologist, botanical artist and Conservator of Forests in Natal, best known for his monumental work The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope which appeared in 1907. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robertson_Sim

First edition: 62 pages of letterpress, 66 plain lithographic plates, original half green leather with green pebble-grained cloth boards, titled gilt on the spine, a very good copy.

Thomas Robertson Sim (25 June 1858 in Northfield, Aberdeenshire, Scotland – 23 July 1938 in Durban, Natal) was a botanist, bryologist, botanical artist and Conservator of Forests in Natal, best known for his monumental work The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope which appeared in 1907. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Robertson_Sim

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 8vo (210 x 140 mm)


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