The Old Company's Garden at the Cape and its Superintendents. Involving an Historical Account of Early Cape Botany
by Karsten, Mia C
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1951). 8vo; original green cloth; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. xvii + (iii) + 188, incl. index; plates, incl. folding. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed, with trace of curl to top edge; earlier owner's name on front pastedown; some foxing to endpapers and edges, occasional fox spot elsewhere; tape marks to rear free endpaper. Very good condition. A fascinating account of the discovery of the unique flora of the Cape in the days of the Dutch East India Company's jurisdiction. .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8198
- Title
- The Old Company's Garden at the Cape and its Superintendents. Involving an Historical Account of Early Cape Botany
- Author
- Karsten, Mia C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1951)
- Keywords
- Cape of Good Hope. Cape Floristic Kingdom. Botany. Botanical illustration Cape
- Bookseller catalogs
- Cape;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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