Baron von Ludwig and The Ludwi's-burg Garden - A Chronicle of the Cape from 1806 to 1848 with an Appendix Showing Some of the Horticultural Introductions of Baron von Ludwig

Bradlow, Frank R.

Edité par A.A. Balkema, Cape Town, 1965

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1965. First edition. xii, 124pp. and 16 black and white illustrations. Carl Ferdinand Heinrich von Ludwig (1784-1847), the son of a clerk in the ecclesiastical administration, he was a German-born pharmacist, businessman and patron of the natural sciences, noted for having started Cape Town's first botanic garden. This biography places an emphasis on his horticultural interests and the botanical garden at Cape Town. The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with gold titling on the spine and a gold monogram on the front board. The case of the book is in very good condition and the contents are tight and clean with offsetting to the free endpapers. The author has flat-signed the title-page and there is the following inscription on the half-title page: "30.4.65 Cape Town - To Philip and Sheila with all good wishes, Your cousin Frank." The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some soiling and the top edge is rubbed. The top corners and top of the spine are bumped and nicked with small pieces missing from the top spine corners. There is a tear of about 1/4" on the top rear edge and a tear of about 3/4" on the bottom rear edge.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Baron von Ludwig and The Ludwi's-burg Garden - A Chronicle of the Cape from 1806 to 1848 with an Appendix Showing Some of the Horticultural Introductions of Baron von Ludwig
• Éditeur: A.A. Balkema, Cape Town
• Date de parution: 1965
• Reliure: Red Cloth Hardback
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: Very Good
• Signé: Inscribed and Signed by the au
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Africa