WILD FLOWERS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (with an original watercolour)

Rice (Elsie Garrett) & Compton (R.H.)

Description:

24 pages text plus 250 colour plates, green cloth, a very good copy in the dust jacket.

With the original water colour for plate CCVI by Elsie Garret Rice loosely inserted.

Presentation inscription on the front free endpaper to Miss Marjorie Heginbotham on behalf of the Botanical Society of South Africa, dated December 1951.

Details:

  • Publisher: The Botanical Society of South Africa
  • Publisher Place: Kirstenbosch, Cape Town
  • Date of Publication: No date (1950)
  • Jacket Condition: Very good
  • Binding Condition: Very good
  • Overall Condition: Very good
  • Size: 4to (250 x 195 mm)
  • Lot No: 160
  • Hammer Price: $100
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  • Estimate: $150/200
  • Reserve: $100

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