South African Botanical Art: Peeling back the petals (Collector’s edition of 100 numbered copies, this is copy no. 1 presented to ‘The Publisher’ by the author) with 30 full page plates

with 30 full page plates

The text is mostly in German or Dutch

MI Date Published 1964 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition Description Light wear to wrappers at the top of the spine

it is the most important book ever published on Australian reptiles

Verzeichniss der Reptilien was published shortly before Wied’s death

South African Botanical Art: Peeling back the petals (Collector’s edition of 100 numbered copies, this is copy no. 1 presented to ‘The Publisher’ by the author) with 30 full page platesPp. (1, limitation), (5), 6 216; color frontispiece of Cyrtanthus flammosus, 131 color plates of fine botanical art. One half dark green textured morocco leather, spine with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in one compartment and with a gilt leave in another, over gray cloth boards with central gilt flower, endpapers with central embossed leaf design, in gray cloth covered slipcase bordered in dark green morocco at the head and foot of the