Orchids of Africa. A Select Review
de Stewart, J. (text), and E.F. Hennessy (illustrations)
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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(Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1981) 0869540939. Folio (350 x 257 mm); lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper; decorative endpapers; pp. ix + (iii) + 159, incl. index; beautiful full-colour plates; line drawings. Dustwrapper very slightly edgeworn and a bit foxed to reverse side; bumps to head and tail of spine; earlier owner's name signed on front free endpaper; occasional light fox spot. Very good condition. "Part I contains a review of the African orchids south of the Sahara, including descriptions of the kinds of plants and flowers, their structure and habits, and the first complete list of the currently recognised genera. In Part II fifty selected species are illustrated by Esmé Hennessy's detailed paintings in full colour, while Joyce Stewart's text describes them botanically and discusses their origins, habitat and introduction to cultivation. Chosen to portray some of the diversity of form, colour, shape and size that is found among the African orchids, these species present a display of attractive, unusual and intriguing plants. The exquisite paintings were taken from life and are mostly reproduced life-size." .
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- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 13357
- Título
- Orchids of Africa. A Select Review
- Autor
- Stewart, J. (text), and E.F. Hennessy (illustrations)
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- Usado
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- ISBN 10
- 0869540939
- ISBN 13
- 9780869540930
- Editorial
- (Johannesburg: Macmillan South Africa, 1981) 0869540939
- Lugar de publicación
- Johannesburg
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- 1981
- Palabras clave
- Orchids. Flowers. Flowering plants. Disa. Cyrtorchis. Ansellia. Mystacidium. Botany. Botanical Art Natural History
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- Natural History;
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Sobre Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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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