Jan Commelin's Monograph on Cape Flora. Drawings and descriptions of the plants that the Hon. Simon van der Stel, Governor at the Cape of Good Hope, found on his great journey, 1685
de Commelin, Jan (author), and Wijnands, D. O., with M. L. Wilson & T. Toussaint van Hove (editors)
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- ISBN 10
- 0620205709
- ISBN 13
- 9780620205702
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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Sobre este artículo
(Cape Town: the editors, 1996) 0620205709. One of an edition limited to 350 copies. 4to; original brown rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and upper cover; pp.110, incl. index; monochrome plates, incl. folding. Earlier owner's bookplate to front free endpaper. Very good condition. "The work is a manuscript by Jan Commelin, written between 1687 and 1692 but never published. It is based on flora illustrated during the 1685-1686 expedition by Simon van der Stel to the Copper Mountains." .
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- Título
- Jan Commelin's Monograph on Cape Flora. Drawings and descriptions of the plants that the Hon. Simon van der Stel, Governor at the Cape of Good Hope, found on his great journey, 1685
- Autor
- Commelin, Jan (author), and Wijnands, D. O., with M. L. Wilson & T. Toussaint van Hove (editors)
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0620205709
- ISBN 13
- 9780620205702
- Editorial
- (Cape Town: the editors, 1996) 0620205709
- Lugar de publicación
- Cape Town
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 1997 1st
- Palabras clave
- Limited Editions. Cape Floristic Kingdom. Exploration. Botany Natural History
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Natural History;
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Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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