The book's introduction says there are an estimated sixty thousand species of trees in the world, so selecting fifty that are examined in detail is sort of a tall order. I think the author succeeded admirably, especially with the photo selection; these are absolutely first-class.
The world is covered in five chapters: Africa and Middle East; the Americas; Asia; Europe; Oceania. Each species gets two spreads and nicely the photos probably equal three pages of these spreads. The text, including 'Vital stats' and the 'How to identify' box gives just the right amount of background information for each tree.
These great tree photos are presented in a straightforward, elegant layout and printed on good matte art paper that makes it a pleasure to turn the pages. They are a bargain at the Amazon price.
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