Author: Letty, Cythna., Dyer, R.A., Verdoorn, Inez C. & Codd, L.E.
Title: Wild Flowers of the Transvaal.
Description: Wild Flowers Of The Transvaal Book Fund. 1962. Green buckram boards. 362pp illustrated 174 coloured plates. 4to. 1.6kg. Neat ownership signature to front pastedown. a little dusty else a VG copy in lesser dustwrapper (spine tanned with damp marking, chipped at spine ends and along top edges). Signed by Author on title page. Cythna Letty's botanical drawings are among the best available. Most of the more attractive species of the Transvaal flora are illustrated in colour - 82 families, 282 genera, & 425 species, and others as pencil sketches. A standard reference work. Includes newspaper cutting from The Star July 29 1971 featuring the Author at the first major gallery showing of her work.

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