A Natural History of British Grasses

PUBLISHER
Groombridge and Sons, London.

BINDING
Half bound tan cloth boards with brown leather over spine and corners. Gilt lettering and decoration, banded spine. Marbled endpapers and block edges. 

BOOK CONDITION
Good for age. Covers have some general wear and discolouration, a few scuffed patches. Binding still fairly tight and secure. There is some browning throughout, and some foxing mainly affecting outer leaves. Text and images remain largely clear and little marked. Paper guards to plates are intact, with some image tracing. 

DUST JACKET
No.

EDITION
First edition 1858.

DESCRIPTION
An illustrated botanical guide to British grass species, depicted in 74 beautiful colour plates. 245 pp. Octavo.

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