Thomas Moore | The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1857

Thomas Moore

The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland [edited by John Lindley]. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1857

Folio (545 x 372mm.), 51 coloured plates, nature-printed by Henry Bradbury, contemporary green half morocco gilt, edges gilt, scattered spotting, small marginal tears to a few leaves (not affecting text or illustrations), gutta-percha perished and contents loose throughout,upper joint splitting, extremities rubbed

LITERATURE:

Nissen BBI 1400; Stafleu TL2 6275

PROVENANCE:

Bookplate of Hubert Frederick Barclay