Our Native Ferns; or The History of the British Species and their Varieties, 2 Volumes
Author:
LOWE, E. J.
Title:
Our Native Ferns; or The History of the British Species and their Varieties, 2 Volumes
Publisher:
Groombridge & Sons 1865
Description:
First edition, original bindings, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, blind stamped to boards & spine, gilt lettering to spine, gilt fern motif to front boards, frontispiece + x + 348pp + 37 colour plates + 317 wood engravings (vol 1), frontispiece +vii + 492ppp + 42 colour plates + 592 wood engravings (vol 2), VG+ (fading to vol 1 spine, bruising to spine extrems, some soiling to boards, tanning to page edges, some foxing) HEAVY
Keywords:
first edition EJ Lowe Britain British ferns polypodium allosorus gymnogramma polystichum lastrea athyrium asplenium scolopendrium ceterach lomaria pteris adiantum cystopteris woodsia trichomanes hymenophyllum osmunda ophioglossum botrychium botany plants