$150
TAKAMA, Shinji [photographed by]
[236] pp.
Heian
In publisher's slipcase
1983
First Edition
15" x 10 1/2"
Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. Attractive calligraphic bookplate of Victoria Burbidge (and husband Brinsley) botanist, both at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and at Kew, also Denver Botanic Garden. For many years she edited Curtis' Botanical Magazine. She was also Clematis registrar for the Royal Horticultural Society. She was also known as Vicky Matthews.