1949 The British Islands and their Vegetation

Description

Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

A new edition issued in two volumes with corrections. Complete in two volumes. 

Uniformly bound in the publisher's original cloth binding with illustrative gilt stamps.

A detailed look into the particular types of vegetation that can be found across the British Islands, with references to the impacts of climate, historical occupations, rivers and more. 

Volume I contains parts I-IV. Illustrated with a frontispiece, ninety-three monochrome plates containing photographs, as well as numerous in text figures. 

Volume II contains parts V-IX. Illustrated with sixty-nine monochrome plates containing photographs and numerous in-text figures throughout. 

Collated, complete. 

From English botanist Arthur Tansley, who was a pioneer in the science of ecology. 

With an ink inscription to Volume II noting that these books were bought with the money received for three drawings made for 'The Genus Fritillaria' by Miss C. Beck, referring to 'Fritillaries' by Christabel Beck.