general books Out of Print - Natural History

Burrows (J.E.) SOUTH AFRICAN FERNS AND FERN ALLIES,
359 pp., 4to., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1990. R3000
John Eric Burrows covers all 343 known species of the region and includes some of the naturalised introduced species. Every species is illustrated with colour photographs and individual line drawings by Sandra Margaret Burrows.
Cole (D.T.) LITHOPS, flowering stones
254 pp., maps, b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Johannesburg, 1988. R2000
Foreword by Gordon D.Rowley.

Describes each species, subspecies, variety and cultivar in detail, including chapters on morphology, names and nomenclature, cultivation, distribution, flowers, seeds and the structure of seed capsules. Includes over 300 colour photographs, distribution maps and line drawings by Garhard Marx.
Giddy (C.) CYCADS OF SOUTH AFRICA,
112 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., Second Revised Edition, Cape Town, (1974) 1986. OUT OF PRINT
"Each of the 29 South African species is described in terms of stem, leaves, seeds and cones. Each description is accompanied by a colour plate showing details of male cones, female cones, leaves and plants in their natural environment. These are supplemented by superb pencil and pen and ink drawings by Barbara Jeppe."
Goode (D.) text & illus. CYCADS OF AFRICA,
256 pp., 4to., b/w & colour illus., hardback, d.w., slipcase, Cape Town, 1989. R750
Douglas Goode focuses on cycads in the wild and examines all 50 known species of the genus "Encephalartos", the sole living representative of the genus "Stangeria" and a single species of "Cycas". Each species account is accompanied by three detailed full-colour plates, showing the plant in its natural habitat, details of leaf and cone-scale structure, and the diagnostic features ofthe male and female cones.
Gunn (M.) & Codd (L.E.) BOTANICAL EXPLORATION OF SOUTHERN AFRICA,
400 pp., 4to., illus., hardback, d.w., Cape Town, 1981. R1750
An illustrated history of early botanical literature on the Cape flora and biographical accounts of the leading plant explorers and their activities in southern Africa from the days of the East India Company to 1980.

Signed by Mary Gunn and Lesley Howard Codd.
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