The Contented Botanist. Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific.

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Melbourne U.P. at the Miegunyah Press 1988. Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (xvi 414 pp.). With 14 full-page plates and one double-page plate some in col. and 9 maps.1st edition limited to 1000 copies. This copy inscribed and signed by the Editor. Fine. NOTE: William Henry Harvey (1811-1866) was a Professor of Botany from Dublin Ireland who visited Australia in 1854-55.