An examination of collecting with an account of the careers and the methods of a number of those who have search the world for rare and exotic wild plants. Fom bishops, philosophers, gardeners’ boys and dons to a prince and a valet, a pirate and a colonel. Includes the first efforts at classifying plants; difficulties of transportation in the days of sale. Mild foxing to prelims. 257 Pages. Contents clean and binding sound. Condition: Very good. Dust jacket: Good-. Edge-wear with a few small closed tears to edges. Binding: Hardcover. Black cloth boards.
Publisher: Heinemann
Date Published: 1970
Publication Place: London
First Edition: Yes
Condition: Very good.
Binding: Hardcover. Black cloth boards.
Has Dust Jacket: Yes
Jacket Condition: Good-. Edge-wear with a few small closed tears to edges.
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