Lot #32/27 South African botanical art: peeling back the petals edited & introduced by Marion Arnold

Lot #32/27 South African botanical art: peeling back the petals edited & introduced by Marion Arnold. A great panel of expert authors make this an indispensible art & botanical book for expert & collector alike. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of artwork by early travellers & recent botanists. Contains a dictionary of botanical artists working in South Africa. Cape Town, Fernwood Press, 2001. First edition. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. Pp. 216, illustrations (mostly colour). Slight browning at dust jacket edges. VG. Reserve price: R550.00 bids welcome