MARLOTH, RUDOLF - 'THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA'
MARLOTH, RUDOLF - 'THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA'
volumes I-IV, a mixed set, all published by Darter Bros. & Co, Cape Town and William Wesley, London, volumes I and IV published 1913 and 1915 respectively, two-part volume II and two part volume III published 1925-1932 and with Old Syndicate Room red stamps, all green cloth bound, gilt titled covers and spines, retaining plates (6)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
MARLOTH, RUDOLF - 'THE FLORA OF SOUTH AFRICA'
volumes I-IV, a mixed set, all published by Darter Bros. & Co, Cape Town and William Wesley, London, volumes I and IV published 1913 and 1915 respectively, two-part volume II and two part volume III published 1925-1932 and with Old Syndicate Room red stamps, all green cloth bound, gilt titled covers and spines, retaining plates (6)
Provenance:
The collection of Perran Wood, thence by family descent.
Perran Wood was born in Cape Town in 1945. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1970s, where he became a glass expert at Sotheby’s.
In retirement, Perran devoted himself to his enduring love of books, building an extensive collection and earning widespread respect for his deep knowledge of the subject. His books were a source of lifelong curiosity and pleasure, each valued for what they held within their pages.
