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Destination, rates & speedsSeller: A Small Bookshop, ELMHURST, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signatures of authors of chapters 1, 5 and 7. B&W and colour photographs and line drawings. Essential reference for students and teachers of Australian flora. Inside front and back covers, colour map of natural Regions of Victoria. 27 cm x 19 cm. 320 pp. Signed by Authors. Seller Inventory # 003106
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Seller: Andrew Isles Natural History Books, Prahran, VIC, Australia
Octavo,four volumes, 3447 pp.,colour photographs, text illustrations, a near fine set in dustwrappers (spine of volume three slightly sunned), very scarce. One of the great modern Australian floras and much in demand, not helped by a very small print run. VOLUME ONE ((1000 copies printed): Foreman, D. B. and N. G. Walsh, editors. Flora of Victoria, volume one: Introduction. Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1993. Octavo, 320 pp., colour photographs, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce and sought after. Chapters include prehistory; geology and geomorphology; climate; botanical exploration; natural regions and vegetation; soils; use of Victorian plants by Koories; flora and fire; rare and threatened plants; and exotic flora. VOLUME TWO (800 copies printed): Walsh, N. G. and T. J. Entwisle, editors. Flora of Victoria, volume two: Ferns and allied plants, conifers and monocotyledons. Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1994. Quarto, dustwrapper, 946 pp., colour plates, text illustrations, maps. This is the first taxonomic volume in the four volume series. It covers all native and naturalised ferns, allied plants, conifers and monocotyledons. Detailed descriptions of more than 1,300 species are accompanied by distribution maps and eoclogical information. The other volumes are out of print, please contact us to record your interest. VOLUME THREE (800 copies printed): Walsh, N. G. and T. J. Entwisle, editors. Flora of Victoria, volume three: Dicotyledons (Winteraceae to Myrtaceae). Melbourne: Inkata, 1996. Quarto, dustwrapper, 1093 pp., colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. This comprehensive volume draws together the results of nearly 200 years of taxonomic research into Victoria flora. Detailed descriptions of 1,467 species in 332 genera and 65 families are accompanied by diagnostic line drawings, enriched by a selection of specially commissioned paintings. VOLUME FOUR (600 copies printed): Walsh, N. G. and T. J. Entwisle, editors. Flora of Victoria, Volume four: Dicotyledons (Olaceaceae to Asteraceae). Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1999. Quarto, dustwrapper, 1088 pp., text illustrations, maps, colour illustations. This is the final volume. This volume treats all native and naturalised dicotyledons in the families Cornaceae to Asteraceae. Detailed descriptions of over 1,100 species are accompanied by diagnostic line drawings and enriched by a selction of specially commissioned paintings. Seller Inventory # 40249
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