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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st thus. 240pp. Richly illustrated in colour. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt motif on upper panel, gilt titles to spine. Maps on endpapers. 8vo. Cloth is moderately rounded on corners and a little pushed at spine ends. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original illustrated, laminated dust wrapper, shelf worn and bumped on extreme edges, a couple of minor scratches on rear panel. Marianne North (1830-1890) was a biologist and botanical artist, remarkable for her prolific output of plant and landscape paintings (many of which were painted during her extensive foreign travels), her writings and her plant discoveries. Many of her painting, several reproduced in this volume, are held in a special gallery at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London. …

Hard covers, dust jacket. Zustand: V.g. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: V.g. Abridged edition. An account, largely in her own words, of the intercontinental travels of an intrepid woman artist specialising in botanical landscapes, Marianne North, who is celebrated by having her own picture gallery at Kew (built at her own expense). An enthralling read; not quite up to the standard of "love among the butterflies", but still a fascinating account of one Victorian's odyssey. She was descended from Dudley, the 4th Lord North. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.…

Hard covers, no dust jacket. Zustand: V.g. No Jacket. 1st US edition. An account, largely in her own words, of the intercontinental travels of an intrepid woman artist specialising in botanical landscapes, Marianne North, who is celebrated by having her own picture gallery at Kew (built at her own expense). Abridged from her autobiography first published in 1893 under the title 'Recollections of a happy life'. An enthralling read; not quite up to the standard of "love among the butterflies", sadly, but still a fascinating account of one Victorian's odyssey. She was descended from Dudley, the 4th Lord North. 240 pp. Weight: 1.0 Language: English.…

Exeter, Webb & Bower, 1980, small in-4°, 240 pp, numerous coloured ills and plates, bibliography, index, publisher's cloth, dustwrapper.