Vetplante van Suidelike Afrika Author: B.P. Barkhuizen
Vetplante van Suidelike Afrika
’n Definitiewe en Omvattende Gids tot die Sukkelente Rykdom van die Subkontinent
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Vetplante van Suidelike Afrika
- Author: B.P. Barkhuizen
- Publisher: Perskor-Uitgewery, Johannesburg
- Publication Date: 1975
- ISBN-10: 0628014066
- ISBN-13: 9780628014061
- Edition Details: First Edition, Standard Hardcover Release.
- Binding: Original publisher's full-cloth hardcover boards featuring clean spine lettering and design.
- Physical Format: Quarto (4to), 233 pages. Beautifully enhanced with high-fidelity color photographic plates, detailed identification keys, and ecological distribution notes.
- Language: Afrikaans
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good (VG)
- Exterior / Boards: The cloth-bound hardcover binding is strong, flat, and square, showing only minor shelf chafing along the lower cover edge extremities. Spine remains crisp and upright.
- Interior: The text block is robustly bound, tight, and completely sound. The inner pages and glossy color succulent plates are bright and exceptionally clean.
- Provenance / Unique Collectible Feature: Features a sweet, heartfelt ink gift inscription from a young music student to her teacher on the second page, reading: “Liewe juffrou, baie dankie vir die jaar se lekker musiek. Met liefde van Salomi.” This charming, nostalgic inscription adds warm, social provenance to the book's history.
- The Dust Jacket: Very Good (VG)
- Condition Detail: The original illustrated jacket is present, clean, and complete, displaying only light handling friction at the corners and base. Now professionally stabilized and enclosed in a brand-new, clear archival plastic cover to prevent future edge wear.
Synopsis & Historical Value
Published in 1975 by Perskor, Vetplante van Suidelike Afrika remains a landmark Afrikaans-language reference work on the incredible succulent diversity of Southern Africa. B.P. Barkhuizen provides an exhaustive guide to the region's unique desert flora, including Aloes, Euphorbias, Stapeliads, and the fascinating "crassula" varieties of the Karoo and Namaqualand.
Designed for both amateur enthusiasts and serious cultivators, the book details successful propagation methods, native soils, and structural adaptions. This out-of-print first edition is a highly prized volume for collectors of specialized regional botany, succulent heritage books, and classic Afrikaans natural history.
Author Profile: B.P. Barkhuizen
B.P. Barkhuizen was a highly respected South African botanist, horticulturist, and leading authority on indigenous succulents. His decades of field work across the aridest regions of Southern Africa allowed him to document fragile succulent habitats, making his reference guides essential texts for modern eco-conservationists and succulent collectors alike.
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