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    By Florence du Cane
    London   Adam and Charles Black
    9" by 6.5" vii [1], 150 [4] pp.
    A charming copy of this study into the gardens and botany of Maderia, accompanied by colour plate illustrations.
    By Florence du Cane

    1909 The Flowers and Gardens of Madeira

    London   Adam and Charles Black
    9" by 6.5" vii [1], 150 [4] pp.
    A charming copy of this study into the gardens and botany of Maderia, accompanied by colour plate illustrations.
    £70.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 979H8
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    Description

    Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

    in the publisher's original pale cloth binding with gilt.

    This volume is a first edition.

    illustrated with 24 colour plates, including a frontispiece. Collated, complete. 

    A charming exloration of Madeira’s gardens, floral species, climate, horticultural practices, descriptions of trees, shrubs, flowering plants, and much more. 

    Ella Du Cane (1874–1943) was a British watercolourist, illustrator and traveller.

    Florence Du Cane (1869–1955), Ella’s sister, provided the text with travel and botanical observations.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight discolouration to spine. The odd slight spot to boards. Endpapers, age toned. Internally, generally firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places, but holding. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge. Pages typically age toned.

    Very Good

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