12 colour plates. Foxing throughout, particularly on the white pages.

Price – $28 (ZAR-330)

Two hundred years of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine

Issued under the Auspices of The Wild Flower Protection Society. Numerous black and white and colour plates throughout. Foxing to the back and front endpapers and flyleaves. Previous owner’s name in ink to the front paste-down. Boards show some wear. DW shows wear and chipping with minor losses to the corners and top and bottom of spine area.

Background, painting techniques and examples of work. 183pp.

Price – $22 (ZAR-250)

Deluxe edition of this commemorative volume designed to mark the centenary of the inception of the Bolus Herbarium. Illustrated with full page, full colour photographic plates and b/w sketches. Scattered foxing throughout the leaves and to the leaf edges. In protective slip case.

Price – $60.00 (ZAR-650.00)

‘With a summary in English’. An interesting and scarce account of the Company Gardens and their development. With many black and white illustrations and photographs. Boards are covered with clear, protective plastic and with clear tape to the endpapers.

‘With a summary in English’. An interesting and scarce account of the Company Gardens and their development. With many black and white illustrations and photographs. Previous owner’s name in ink to the verso of front fep.

No published date, though probably published early 20th century. Text in French. Text is still clear with some age toning. Contains numerous black and white plates.

Price – $50.00 (ZAR-450.00)

Full-Colour photographic illustrations of various gardens throughout South Africa. DW shows only minor bends along the edges.

A comprehensive guide to the various bird species of South Africa: their nature, their habitats, their diets etc. Includes colour plates and black and white illustrations. No.24 of 300 subscribers’ editions.

Price – $80.00 (ZAR-750.00)

Descriptive and colour illustrated guide to over 760 flowering plants of the Southern Cape. Laminated pictorial paper boards. Sunning to boards and spine, spine also chipped at head. Minor browning to prelims. Endpaper maps.

Price – $18.00 (ZAR-180.00)

Comes with a firm and intact illustrated slipcase.

No published date. Ink inscription to the half title. Full colour plates throughout. Boards show slight wear.

Price – $110.00 (ZAR-950.00)

94 Colour plates illustrate over 800 plants of the Cape Peninsula – trees, shrubs and flowers from vlei, veld, sand dune and mountainside. 3rd, revised edition, bound in laminated, pictorial card wraps. Endpaper maps and ruler for measuring plants. Edges lightly soiled, wraps browned. Ink inscription to verso of front wrap. A good reading copy.

Price – $12.00 (ZAR-140.00)

94 Colour plates illustrate over 800 plants of the Cape Peninsula – trees, shrubs and flowers from vlei, veld, sand dune and mountainside. 3rd, revised edition, bound in laminated, pictorial card wraps. Endpaper maps and ruler for measuring plants. Edges lightly soiled, wraps browned. A good reading copy.

Price – $12.00 (ZAR-140.00)

The Shirley Sherwood collection, book signed by Sherwood. Full colour, 240pp.

Price – $13 (ZAR-160)

Volume covering all 29 of the South African species, with b/w pen and ink and pencil drawings and full colour plates. Bound in green paper covered boards with white titles to spine. DW slightly frayed around the edges, price label to rear panel and light foxing to verso. Text clear and bright, with light spotting and browning to leaf edges. Some creases to leaf corners and light foxing to prelims.

Price – $85.00 (ZAR-950.00)

“Insonderheit das Reich der Kapflora, das Waldgebiet und die Karroo”. With numerous illustrations.

Largely pictorial volume with b/w and some colour illustrations. Issued w/o dust juacket, bound in brown cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt device to top board. Slight scuffing to boards and spotting to top edge. Endpapers lightly browned. A very good copy.

Price – $120.00 (ZAR-1300.00)

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine with corners bumped.

English Botany or coloured figures of British Plants with their essential characters , synonyms and places of growth. Front cover detached and spine missing. Bookplate to endpaper. Well illustrated.

Comprehensive guide to this plant species in Southern Africa. Illustrated in full colour by numerous artists. With fold out map. Edges spotted and browned, DW price clipped, inscription to f.f.e.p. A very good reading copy.

Price – $35.00 (ZAR-380.00)