The Plant Hunters

Full Title: The Plant Hunters: Two Hundred Years of Adventure and Discovery around the World
Second Hand
Gatefold softcover
Published by: Cassell

1st thus. Book Condition: Very Good+.
A sturdy softcover with gatefold flaps.
Very lightly used, fading to spine and part of covers, otherwise almost as new.
The authors, specialists in horticulture and garden history, trace the journeys of ten of the most significant plant hunters from the 18th century through to the last of the true professionals, Frank Kingdon-Ward.
The expeditions range from South America, New Zealand and Australia, North America, California, South America, South East Asia, to the Himalaya and China.
ISBN: 9781841880013