1988 Margaret Mee: In Search of the Flowers of the Amazon Forests. Diaries of an English Artist Reveal the Beauty of the Vanishing Rainforest.

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

First edition. Illustrated with numerous colour pages and photographs. A charming collection of diaries of the English artist Margaret Mee as she reveals the beauty of the flora of the vanishing Amazon rainforests. With chapters on each of her journeys from the River Gurupi and the Mountain of Mist, to the Waiki Indians and the Land of Guarana. Written and illustrated by Margaret Ursula Mee, a British botanical artist who specialised in plants from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest, and was one of the first environmentalists to draw attention to the impact of large-scale mining and deforestation on the Amazon Basin. Edited by Tony Morrison, a British editor.