ROSES AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE by Gwen fagan

Large hardcover with dust jacket. solid binding, spine square and clean inside. The d/j in very good condition. Published in 1989 (reprint) by Breestraat-Publications with 271 pages. Olive green boards with a photograph of roses inset in the cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. A comprehensive study of old roses at the Cape. The period it covers dates from 1 November 1657 (Jan van Riebeeck picked the first Dutch rose at the Cape) until the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. No shipping overseas.