The Flower Chain. The Early Discovery of Australian Plants.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

(Sydney): Kangaroo Press (1998). Small 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (160pp.). With frontispiece 16 full-page col. plates and numerous illusts. some full-page. 1st edition. Fine. NOTE: Covers two hundred years of discovery and settlement from the first sightings of the Australian coast by the Dutch to the publication of the first comprehensive book on Australian flora in 1804.