Burchell Esq William (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. Two volumes (complete). Numbered 479 of a limited edition of 1000 copies. Facsimile reprint of original 1824 edition. A clubbable set. The boards are placid. Vol 1: the pages trims have foxing. The pages and illustration plates are most agreeable and charming. The plates are amiable and convivial and gentle. The pages are bold, generous, clean, clear. Vol 2: A comfortable, comforting book. The trims are foxed. Please note that there are no maps in this set. The pages are companionable, generous. The illustrations are bright, clear and most attractive. Quite lovely. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile reprint. Limited edition. 1-1000 numbered copies, this being #461. Two volume set (complete). Tall, heavy 4tos. Frontispiece portrait. 582 pp. + [1] page Errata; 648 pp. Illustrated in B & W and with color plates, many fold-out. Very large folding map laid in. Original gilt stamped brown cloth binding. A very small spot the fore edge of Volume II, else this is a tight, fine set; map fine. Uncommon thus.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Special Edition. Brown leather boards. As No 86 of 1000 limited copies, only the first 100 are bound in full leather. Handsome and rare copy. As new. Burchell was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author. His thousands of plant specimens, as well as field journals from his South African expedition, are held by Kew Gardens, and his insect collection by the Oxford University Museum.