Francis, G.W. (Henfrey, Arthur (Ed.)). An Analysis of the British Ferns and their Allies. 5th. Rev. Enl. Ed. Pub. Simpkin. 1855
pp. illus. title page, viii, 92 with 10 b/w. plates. Hardback. Contents in thor. vg. condition. Original blind decorated boards. Spine lifting in places, lightly rubbed extremities o/w. vg.
The fifth edition was the last one to be published. It contains four more plates than appeared in the first edition. It also comprises recently made ‘discoveries of new species, new synonyms, a new account of reproduction and an appendix on the cultivation of ferns’ (Hall and Rickard).
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