The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails
by PRATT, Anne;
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, Frederick Warne and Co., nd [c1855], no editions or printings stated, presumed first edition. . orig green cloth decorated in gilt floral pattern, black & red, gilt title lettering on spine & cover, all edges gilted slightly rubbed at edges, few pages with small foxed spot, but a near fine attractive copy, cover gilt bright, no ownership markings. . 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; vi, 174 pp, 41 colored lithographed plates, each with tissue guards, index. . Freeman 3082. Beautifully illustrated work by this highly respected and popular writer on botanical themes, the book published during the fern craze in Britain. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J12258
- Title
- The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails
- Author
- PRATT, Anne;
- Format/Binding
- Orig green cloth decorated in gilt floral pattern, black & red, gilt title lettering on spine & cover, all edges gilted
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Frederick Warne and Co., nd [c1855], no editions or printings stated, presumed first edition.
- Size
- 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; vi, 174 pp, 41
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Botany;
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