The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain; The British Grasses and Sedges; The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies. The Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails (7 volumes)
Author: Pratt, Anne
Title: The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Great Britain; The British Grasses and Sedges; The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies. The Club-Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails (7 volumes)
Publication: London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Circa 1855
Edition: Early editions
Description: Leather bound. 288; 355; 410; 328; 368; 136; 164pp. Octavo [23 cm]; contemporary 3/4 green Moroccan leather, with marbled paper covered boards, raised bands and gilt tooled spines. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Extremities and boards rubbed, spines moderately sunned, underlying boards occasionally exposed at edges and corners. The title page of "The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies" has been tipped in, and a contemporary notation has been skillfully effaced. All plates and their accompanying tissue-guards are in fine condition, bright and beautiful. The plates in the "The British Grasses and Sedges" and "The Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies" volumes do not have tissue guards. Very Good.
Anne Pratt is one of the most famous and successful female botanical artists of the 19th century. She wrote and illustrated more than 20 books on botany. An attractive early set, with one uncolored and 317 very attractive plates color-printed by William Dickes using George Baxter's printing process. Baxter was known for using the best materials, inks he ground himself, and numerous wooden blocks to add colors.
Seller ID: 67126
Subject: Natural Sciences
