SKU: B-000287

Encyclopaedia Botanica

Author: Frances Bodkin

Special Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated

Condition: In acceptable condition. The front few pages have foxing. Some rare pages throughout also has some foxing.

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Encyclopaedia Botanica by Frances Bodkin is the 1993 Australian reference every gardener, student and nature lover reaches for when a plant’s story, use or habitat is needed in a hurry. More than 2000 species from eucalypts to edible natives are profiled in concise, easy-scan entries amplified by detailed line drawings.

This hardcover keeps its original dust jacket and all illustrations intact, giving shelf presence as well as practical information for landscaping, busioff, bushtucker or classroom projects. Vintage collectors appreciate the book’s distinctly Australasian voice, a refreshing counterpoint to northern hemisphere botanical texts.

The copy shows honest age: light foxing appears on the preliminary pages and a scattering within, yet the binding is firm and every page remains perfectly readable. It’s an affordable first edition for anyone building a working botanical library without the pristine-price premium.

Slip this sturdy Encyclopaedia Botanica beside your field guides or potting bench and let Bodkin’s four decades of ethnobotanical expertise answer questions on cultivation, medicinal uses and ecological relationships whenever inspiration strikes.

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