
Smith, John. Ferns: British and Foreign. Their history, organography, classification, and enumeration with a treatise on their cultivation. 1st. Ed. Pub. Robert Hardwicke. 1866
pp.xi, 411 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Historical name (dated 1866) and then later ‘Grandfather’ written to ffep. Name to half-title. Faint, scattered foxing to fore-edge of text block, o/w. contents in fine condition. Knock to top right corner of boards, which o/w. are in near fine condition.
‘This work by Smith is an important source of evidence for the fern historian. The bulk of the work is a continuation of his previous catalogues of ferns but the important addition was a lengthy chapter on the introduction of exotic ferns into Britain’, (Hall and Rickard).
£60.00 [Ref: 53565]