Signed by Jeppe, Barbara (Illustrator)
Limited edition No. 221 of 400. Single owner.
1964
Book is overall in excellent condition, no damage, no markups. See pictures.
Every single page is in perfect condition, except for pages 33-36 with small marks on the edge - we know, we scanned the book! All colour plates have been scanned in colour.
This book is dry and factual.
When you buy the book, you will receive the password to open the PDF Scan of the book and the Word document.
FOREWORD
Not only all tree-lovers, but the growing number of South Africans who are becoming conscious of the varied beauties of our plant life and the need to preserve them for the future, will welcome this compendious, practical and beautifully produced book. This authoritative study of the indigenous trees of the Transvaal highveld not only fills a long felt need, but should further stimulate interest, appreciation and love for our unique heritage.
The Tree Society of Southern Africa has done much since its inauguration in 1946 to make more South Africans 'tree-conscious'; its quarterly journal, Trees in South Africa, has maintained a consistently high standard both of production and of material and has deservedly established itself among tree-lovers in Southern Africa and in many parts of the world.
The production by the Society of this handy, helpful and attractive vade-mecum is a further real service to South Africa.
The late Field Marshal Smuts was from its inception a staunch supporter of the Tree Society, and became its first Patron. Shortly before he took ill in May 1950, he wrote a memorable foreword to a beautiful book Wild Flowers of the Cape of Good Hope, by E. G. Rice and R. H. Compton, in the course of which he said:
The vision of beauty, and the enjoyment of beauty in the universe in its purest form can perhaps best be realized in plants....When this perfect blending of form and colour is added to other features of the natural scene the song of birds and the hum of insects and the intoxication of scents-the magic of life is seen and felt in a way which it would be difficult to match elsewhere. Nature blends with the human spirit in what we cannot but call a revelation of what is deepest in both. Something of this spirit may be caught from the paintings in this book.
I believe that something of this spirit to which Field Marshal Smuts referred may also be caught from the illustrations presented here.