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The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails
by PRATT Anne 1806-1893
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1855. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. W Dickes. VG, 1855, 1st ed, 39 pls. Full dark green leather, gilt tooling at edges, corners and edges very lightly bumped and worn. Spine, raised bands, attractive gilt tooling, titles in gilt to maroon leather label, edges very lightly bumped and worn. Internally, gilt tooling to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, ink name to fep, light browning and foxing to eps, some light browning to page edges, (iv), 164 pp, 39 pls (coloured), numerous illustrations within text, text block edges in gilt, printed by R Clay, Bread Street Hill, London. (Published in 1855 in 5 vols.; the volume on ferns appeared separately in the same year, with the title: The ferns of Great Britain.) (Pritzel 7301. Jackson 594. Allibone 1660) Pratt [married name Pearless], botanist, whose works were written in a popular style but were said to be accurate. They were also instrumental in spreading a knowledge and love of botany. See ODNB for a full Bio.
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000730
- Title
- The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies the Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails
- Author
- PRATT Anne 1806-1893
- Illustrator
- W Dickes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 1.43 lbs
- Keywords
- Grat Britain British Ferns Anne Pratt Botany mosses horsetails
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening plants cultivation Floral Agriculture;
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