Flora of Egypt. Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4. by Tackholm, Vivi & Drar, Mohammed

Cairo University Press [1954 - 1969]. Four volumes. The first three volumes are duplicates from East Malling Research Station librray, the only marking being a stamp on the half-title and shelf numbers on the spines, very clean internally, stoutly bound in a good red quarter leather and cloth binding. Volume Four is smartly bound in brown cloth. Overall quite an attractive set. The second volume has an inscriptin from the authors, and was originally given the othe botanist F.W. Andrews. A heavy set - extra postage will be needed. [The Flora, not unexpectedly, is an unusual work. It is a labour of love, clearly carried out unhurriedly in the tradition of those great botanical scholars Tackholm would emulate. It has been hailed as a model of scholarship and completeness. One special feature is the detailed treatment of the extensive ancient Egyptian tomb flora; another is the attention paid throughout the volumes to agriculturally important plants and economic botany. Also the enormous bibliographies, which provide access to the ancient and modern Arabic literature, are gems" - extracted from Abraham D. Krikorian's obituary in "Nature".]. First Edition. Varying binding. Good.