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Pratt, Anne; Step, Edward (Revisions) : The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain and Their Allies, the Club Mosses, Horsetails, &c.; New Edition; Illustrated with Three Hundred and Fifteen Coloured Plates Figuring Upwards of 1500 Species (Four Volumes)

Frederick Warne & Co., London, England, 1899

Four volumes, complete. Original publisher's dark green 3/4 leather binding with green leather-covered boards. Gilt lettering and small gilt floral decorations on spine. 6 3/4" x 10." All pages of each volume, complete. 315 color plates, complete. Vol. I: 269 pages. Vol. II: 279 pages. Vol. III: 258 pages. Vol. IV: 215 pages. Printed by Billing and Sons of Guildford, England. Color plates by J. M. Kronheim and Co. of London. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Minuscule age toning to pages. Some wear to corners and bottom edge. Spine slightly browned. A small bump at the top of the front cover of Vol. I. Several light scratch marks to the back covers of Vols. I, II, and IV. Tiny split along the front outer joint of Vol. I by the tail. Some foxing to a few of the pages; mostly limited to endpapers and the flyleaves in front and back. Very Good copies. A beautiful set of books about the flowers and flowering plants of Great Britain. Interspersed among the text, quite frequently, are beautiful, full-page color plates of the flowers and plants. A description of physical characteristics and associated information, such as legends, uses, and anecdotes, accompany each flower or plant. Table of Contents in the front of each volume. Preface of Vol. I explains the revisions of this edition. Index in the back of Vol. IV.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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