NEW ZEALAND PLANTS AND THEIR STORY.
Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer, 1910. Illustrated With 71 Photographs. First Edition. Signed presentation from Cockayne on the title page: “L. Cockayne with warmest regards to Dr. Franklin. Sept. 5th, 1914.” Leonard Cockayne [1855–1934) is regarded as New Zealand's greatest botanist and a founder of modern science in New Zealand. The first attempt to deal with the plant-life of the New Zealand biological region as a whole on ecological lines. An uncommon autograph! Edward Curtis Franklin [1862-1927] taught chemistry at Stanford University and was president of the American Chemical Society in 1923, the first from Stanford. 8vo., pictorial green cloth, stamped in gilt & black with an image of a kauri cone on the front cover; 190 pages. Item #57196
Very Good (covers bright with little discoloration; contents clean & tight with upper corner of text bumped).
Price: $150.00