China: Mother of Gardens

by Ernest H. Wilson

$300 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First Edition. With 61 illustrations from photographs taken by the author. x, ii , 408 pp. Printed by the Alpine Press, Inc, Boston. 1 vols. 8vo. Original decorated black cloth, t.e.g., spine a little dulled. Map not present, else internally fine. Item #29231 A famous and comprehensive description of the flora of China by the keeper of the Arnold Aboretum, Harvard University, who was responsible for the

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