first edition Hardcover
1977 · Cape Town and Johannesburg
by Coates Palgrave, Keith
Cape Town and Johannesburg: C. Struik, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 314 color photographs, 61 photographs in black and white, and numerous textual illustrations and maps. An authoritative handbook to all the species of trees, both indigenous and naturalized, known to occur in Africa south of the Zambezi. Includes a botanical description and distribution map for every indigenous species, a drawing of a typical leaf and/or fruit of every species, the English and Afrikaans common name(s), and information on the medicinal and poisonous properties of trees and their association with magic and folklore. The contents are a bit musty. In the original pictorial boards and acetate dust wrappers. A bright, very good copy. (Inventory #: 23411)