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Auction #125 begins on 14 Aug 2025

Sim (Thomas R.)

THE FORESTS AND FOREST FLORA OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

By Thomas R. Sim, Conservator of Forests, Natal, Formerly District Forest Officer, King William's Town, Cape Colony, Illustrated by 160 Plates drawn by the Author representing 312 Species

Published: Taylor & Henderson, Aberdeen, 1907

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $250

Approximately:

Estimate: $300/350

Bidding opens: 14 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Aug 16:30 GMT

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361 pages of letterpress and 160 plates from line drawings, portrait of the author as frontispiece and three photographic plates, folding map, original maroon cloth rebacked preserving the original backstrip, titled gilt on the spine, contents bright and free of foxing, an unusually good copy.

Gunn & Codd: 'Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa'. Pages 323-324. Sim's Forest and Forest Flora was his major work along with his Forest Flora and Forest Resources of Portuguese East Africa. Both books were illustrated with his clear-cut and rather diagrammatic sketches and are milestones in our knowledge of the tree flora of Southern Africa.

  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: Large 4to (323 x 270 mm)


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