The Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain, and their allies the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails by Anne Pratt - 1889

LONDON AND NEW YORK: FREDERICK WARNE & CO., 1889 A good copy of this extract from the author's major work on British Flora issued as a single volume. In the original green decorative cloth binding with gilt decoration and titles to the front board, and gilt titles to the spine. Top page edges gilt. With the original black endpapers. The book is in 2 sections with the first covering Grasses and Sedges. This includes 33 colour printed plates including the frontispiece and runs to 62 pp. The second section covers the ferns etc, is 78 pages and has 41 colour printed plates and numerous black and white illustrations in the text. The binding has some darkening to the spine which has pulling top and bottom. There is some wear to joints and corners, but overall the binding is clean and with bright gilt decoration. There is a small signature on the reverse of the fep. The contents are generally clean and the plates overall are very bright but without tissue guards. Some of the text pages are smaller than the plate pages so some edges to the plates have wear. This does not generally affect the image. There is occasional browning.