Author: Sa'ad, Fatima (Fatima El Zahra Mahmoud Abdallah Sa'ad)
Title: The Convolvulus species of the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean Region and the Near and Middle East
Description: Bronder Offset Rotterdam, 1967.Original paper covers.Good /No Jacket.Cairo-born Fatima Sa'ad has produced here a 'proefschrift' for her degree of Doctor of Natural Science at the University of Utrecht, supervised by Professor J.Lanjouw.A monograph of south-west Asian Convolvulus, it has been reproduced from a typescript (an IBM electric font, it would appear) and illustrated with some very fine art-work by the author.It contains some very useful critical comments and the general part which introduces the volume includes some interesting snippets, such as the fact that the ground-up roots of Macaronesian endemic Convolvuli are the source of a fragrant powder known as ""bois de rose"".Some slight creasing to the corners of the front cover, but overall in good condition.288 pp. In English.1 kg.

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