De Chazel Malcy (1 results)
More imagesPublished by Schoolhouse Gallery (J. Jardine Dobie), Abbey St Bathans,Berwickshire 1989
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, AustraliaMuir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books]
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1st Edition. Quarto, original cloth boards with gilt title, colour plates, colour map, pp 125. Near-fine condition in like d.j. Includes handwritten correspondence on an illustrated Malcy de Chazal card, from the wife of the publisher, referring to the book. The artist was the publisher's grandmother's aunt. Also includes a fold…ed publicity leaflet. Mainly detailed colour full-page illustrations of Mauritian plants, painted in the 1840s, with their botanical names on the facing page. Includes afterword on their medicinal value, based on research at Kew Gardens.
