Sowerby, James and Smith, James Edward. English Botany. Or, Coloured figures of British plants, with their essential characters, synonyms, and places of growth. Vols. VIII to XII. 2nd. Ed. Pub. London. 1841-1844
Five volumes with 1170 fine hand-coloured copper engraved plates. 8vo. Hardbacks. TEG. Half-titles, full-titles and indexes all present. Collated and complete. Occasional pencil notes (all dated in the 1840s). Very minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Marbled end-papers. Handsomely bound in green half morocco, with gilt decoration to spines, all in nr. fine condition. Very pleasing.
These five volumes consider the Cryptogamia. Namely, the Orders Ferns, Lycopodiaceae, Marsiliaceae, Equisetaceae, Characeae, Musci (Mosses), Hepaticae, Lichens and Algae (sub-orders of Confervoideae, Gloiocladeae and Diatomaceae).
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