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Proceeds from the sale of the book will be donated to charity. This superb Limited Edition is priced at S$800.00 Distributed by Antiques of the Orient Pte Ltd. Singapore |
COLLECTION
OF NATURAL HISTORY DRAWINGS
Two Volume Limited Edition of One Thousand Copies |
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PLATES VOLUME ~ 248
Pages
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139 Plates plus Frontispiece & Endpiece Printed
on 100% Acid Free, 170gsm Antiquarian Bodonia Paper
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TEXT VOLUME ~ 136
Pages
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Featuring the Entire Farquhar Collection Pictorially
in Miniature
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CONTENTS:
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Foreword by Prof Tommy Koh
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Preface by Goh Geok Khim
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William Farquhar: His Life and Interest
in Natural History by Dr John Bastin
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Drawing Natural History in the East Indies: Framing
Farquhar’s Natural History Drawings
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by Kwa Chong Guan
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Who Produced the Farquhar Drawings?
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by DR Ivan Polunin
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Captions: Scientific & anthropological
plus Malay idioms, nature & folklore
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Catalogue: All inscriptions on the drawings,
known current & Historic Scientific names, Malay & common English
names of Species & Occasional notes by DR Ivan Polunin
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Exhaustive Index
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Publisher Goh Geok Khim, Produced & packaged
by Landmark Books, Singapore December, 1999
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