China: Mother of Gardens

by Ernest H. Wilson

$350 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition · Signed

First Edition, signed on the half-title. With 61 illustrations from photographs taken by the author. With map. vi , x, i ,408 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo 26.5 x 18 cm. . Original decorated black cloth, t.e.g. Item #249857 A famous and comprehensive description of the flora of China by the keeper of the Arnold Aboretum, Harvard University, who was responsible for the introduction of over a thousand Chinese plants

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