Author: NORTH, MARIANNE
Title: A Vision of Eden: The Life and Work of Marianne North
Description: New York, Holt.Rinehart & Winston. 1980, First Edition. (ISBN: 0030574536) Hardcover. Book, "Marianne North was one of those intrepid Victorian Lady Travellers, most renowned for her brilliant botanical paintings, displayed in specially designed Gallery in the Botanical Gardens at Kew. This book includes extracts from her autobigraphical account of her travels ["Recollections of a Happy Life. Being the Autobiography of Marianne North". Edited by Her Sister Mrs. John Addington Symonds. Two volumes. 1894] and is beautifully illustrated with her paintings, many reproduced for the first time. The book was published in collaboration with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Preface by J P M Brenan, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Foreword by Anthony Huxley. Biographical note by Brenda E Moon. 240p. illus (col) maps on end papers. A nice book to send as a gift !NOTE : A heavy [1 kg] oversIzed volume {25x22x3 cm] volume/. As New/As New.

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