Hooker, William Jackson

British Jungermanniæ: Being a History and Description ... of Each Species of the Genus.  London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and others, [1812–] 1816



Folio (18  3/8  x 11  5/8  in.; 466 x 295 mm).  Half-title, 88 handcolored engraved plates; some scattered light foxing, small MHS inked stamp on plates.  Nineteenth-century calf gilt; worn, joints starting, inner hinges repaired with brown tape.  

Acquired by the MHS in 1877

BMNH II, 870; Nissen, BBI 916; Stafleu & Cowan 2987

British Jungermanniæ: Being a History and Description ... of Each Species of the Genus. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and others, [1812–] 1816 Folio (18 3/8 x 11 5/8 in.; 466 x 295 mm). Half-title, 88 handcolored engraved plates; some scattered light foxing, small MHS inked stamp on plates. 19th-century calf gilt; worn, joints starting, inner hinges repaired with brown tape.
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First edition and one of not more than ten copies printed on large paper, of this work which DSB describes as "[Hooker's] most beautiful work."