The Forests and Forest Flora of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope

Sm. folio. Portrait, plates, map. An impressive volume and a very useful handbook. A monument to Sim's industry and must have entailed a very great amount of work. The difficulties confronting Sim were therefore considerable, as they mostly are in pioneer work, and in the preparation of the work, the forests themselves, with their living trees, were preferred as sources of information. Sim's pioneer work is still highly regarded, and wrote with clarity, minute attention to detail and an eye for the picturesque. It remains the great classic on forest trees and is the basis of much that has since been written on the subject. It is extremely scarce and copies very seldom occur for sale. The boards are shelf rubbed and edge worn, with the corners frayed, but they remain strong and sturdy despite this. Internally, there is age-related marking and wear throughout, but the pages are neat, legible and complete. Tightly bound and in very good condition considering the age of the book. JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…