Southern African Ferns and Fern Allies (SIGNED)

BURROWS, J.E.

Description:

This is a comprehensive work covering all 343 known species of the region and including also some of the naturalised introduced species. Every species is illustrated with excellent colour photography and there are over 800 individual line illustrations, showing salient diagnostic characteristics and providing extensive insight into this fascinating group of plants. Comprehensively illustrated with a double page colour map, distribution maps, colour photographs and line drawings by S.M. Burrows. SIGNED by John Burrows.

Green cloth, gilt on spine. Light foxing on first and last few pages, else clean. Tiny amount of insect damage on fore-edge of end-papers. Dustwrapper is lightly bumped at head of spine, some shallow scratches at rear, and lightly foxed on verso of fly-leaves.

Details:

  • Publisher: Frandsen
  • Publisher Place: Johannesburg
  • Date of Publication: 1990
  • Edition: First
  • Jacket Condition: Very Good+
  • Binding Condition: Very Good
  • Overall Condition: Very Good
  • Size: Quarto
  • Lot No: 348
  • Hammer Price: $126
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  • Estimate: $150
  • Reserve: $100

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