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Libri antichi e moderni

Lancasater, Roy

A Plantsman in Nepal

1995

57,34 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Anno di pubblicazione
1995
Luogo di stampa
Woodbridge, England. Antique Collectors' Club
Autore
Lancasater, Roy
Soggetto
Travel - Asia Plant Hunting
Lingue
Inglese

Descrizione

4to [28 x 22 cm]; 291 pp, 270 color and 70 black & white illustrations, bibliog, glossary, index. original cloth with gilt title lettering on front cover and spine, pictorial endpapers, dj, fine, clean, unmarked and unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. First published in 1981 under the title Plant Hunting in Nepal, this new edition is much enlarged with updated nomenclature and an additional chapter on a subsequent visit to Nepal by the author, and with more illustrations. Although the book's emphasis is on the wide variety of plants found in the area, the author also describes the expedition's many adventures, parties with the Tibetans, birds and animals, the Nepalese people and their lives, beautifully illustrated.