Our Native Ferns

LOWE, E.J. OUR NATIVE FERNS; OR A HISTORY OF THE BRITISH SPECIES AND THEIR VARIETIES. Two volumes. London: Groombridge, 1865 and 1867. 8vo. Publisher's quarter-calf. vii, iii, 3-348 pages, 37 colored plates; vii, 492 pages, 42 colored plates. First editions. A comprehensive botanical study, of three hundred and eighty-four varieties o British ferns. In addition to the color printed… Read more about this item

Groombridge & Sons 1865. 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+… Read more about this item

Pages 348 & 492 pp.4to. Two volumes custom bound in 3/4 red leather with gilt tooling, marbled boards, raised bands. Top edges gilt. Illustrated with a total of 79 colored plates and 962 wood engravings. Containing descriptions of fifty species and twelve hundred ninety four varietis of British ferns. Some minor scuffing and wear to extremities else… Read more about this item

London, Groombridge and Sons, 1865-1867. Two parts in one. Large 8vo (24.0 x 15.0 cm). with 79 coloured woodcut plates, 909 plain woodcuts in the text. Contemporary gilt-chain bordered half calf over grained cloth boards. Spine with five raised, gilt-ornamented bands, compartments with blind embossed vignettes and brown morocco label with gilt title. Marbled edges, = First edition of… Read more about this item

Published by Groombridge and Sons, London, 1865,1869, 1st edition/reprint. Uniform full, red, leather binding. Double ruled gilt border to front and rear boards. Five raised bands to spines.Gilt lettering on green patch to compartments two and three, gilt decoration to other compartments. Aem. 10ins x 6.5ins, marbled endpapers. Volume one: vii, (i), 348pp plus colour frontis and… Read more about this item