RAVENSCROFT, Edward James. The Pinetum Britannicum. A descriptive account of Hardy Coniferous Trees, cultivated in Great Britain. Edinburgh and London: W. Blackwood & Son, [1863]-1884. 3 vols. 2o. 48 hand-colored lithographed plates by Richardson, Black, Greville, Wallace and others, 4 mounted albumen photographs by F. Mason Good of cedars on Mount Lebanon, one lithographed plate of maps, and numerous wood-engraved illustrations in text, all leaves on guards (perforated stamp on each title, 6 tiny ink stamps to text margins, text and plates manually numbered in upper blank corner throughout). Contemporary green half-morocco, spine gilt-lettered, t.e.g. (library marking at foot of spines). FIRST EDITION of one of the great British works on pines. Nissen BBI 1588; Great Flower Books p. 127; Stafleu and Cowan 8685. (3)