1857 The Handbook of British Ferns being Descriptions, with Engravings, of the Species and their Varieties, Together with Instructions for their Cultivation
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Description
Early Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
A pocket book companion to the students and cultivators of British ferns, providing classification and nomenclature, and descriptions of the various species, as well as tips for their cultivation. The third edition, revised with numerous additions and new illustrations.
By Thomas Moore, curator of the botanic garden of the Society of Apothecaries, and author of 'Ferns in Great Britain and Ireland' and other botanical works.
With engravings in text.
Condition
In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally sound with some shelf wear, spine bumped to head and tail, light chipping to the head of the spine, with a minor tear to the head of the rear joint. Spine slightly darkened, boards lightly sunned. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally very clean and bright, only odd faint spotting to odd leaf. With engravings in text.
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