The Toxicology of Plants in South Africa Together with a Consideration of Poisonous Foodstuffs and fungi by Douw G. Steyn - 1934

[Cape Town]: Central News Agency Limited, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. [Cape Town], Central News Agency Limited, 1934. Octavo, xii, 631, [5] (advertisements) pages with several tables and 133 illustrations (from photographs). Cloth a little scuffed, marked, flecked, and a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities; spine lightly sunned; some cuttings and pages of manuscript pasted in at the beginning and end of the book (see below); a very good copy. South African Agricultural Series, Volume XIII. Provenance: Dr Edward Angas Johnson (1873-1951), with his name-stamp on the title page, and numerous related inserts. Dr Angas Johnson, a great-grandson of George Fife Angas, was an Adelaide medical practitioner, prominent in public health circles. In 1924 he became 'medical officer of health for Adelaide, an appointment he held until 1938. At the same time he was chairman of the Adelaide Board of Health, a member of the Metropolitan County Board and the Metropolitan Abattoirs Board and… Read More