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MOORE, Thomas (1821-1887). The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland ... edited by John Lindley ... nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. London: Bradbury and Evans, 1855[-1856].
2° (558 x 383mm). Half-title, 51 nature-printed plates, all printed in colours, by Bradbury & Evans under the direction of Henry Bradbury. (Plate margins very lightly browned, light offsetting from plates, a few upper margins a little soiled, title a little finger-soiled.) Modern cloth, original front wrapper bound in at end. Provenance: Henry Bradbury (label on endpaper dated November 1856 presenting the book to the Royal Institution).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OF THE GREAT NATURE-PRINTING FOLIO PRESENTED BY HENRY BRADBURY TO THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, with plates 3 and 6 in first state. Henry Bradbury (1831-1860), eldest son of William Bradbury of Bradbury and Evans, published the present work in 17 monthly parts between June 1855 and September 1856. John Lindley (1799-1865) edited the text by Thomas Moore, who was curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden and co-editor of Gardener's Chronicle; the work was one of the first of the genre printed in Britain. Fischer 89; Nissen BBI 1400; Stafleu & Cowan 6275.
2° (558 x 383mm). Half-title, 51 nature-printed plates, all printed in colours, by Bradbury & Evans under the direction of Henry Bradbury. (Plate margins very lightly browned, light offsetting from plates, a few upper margins a little soiled, title a little finger-soiled.) Modern cloth, original front wrapper bound in at end. Provenance: Henry Bradbury (label on endpaper dated November 1856 presenting the book to the Royal Institution).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, OF THE GREAT NATURE-PRINTING FOLIO PRESENTED BY HENRY BRADBURY TO THE ROYAL INSTITUTION, with plates 3 and 6 in first state. Henry Bradbury (1831-1860), eldest son of William Bradbury of Bradbury and Evans, published the present work in 17 monthly parts between June 1855 and September 1856. John Lindley (1799-1865) edited the text by Thomas Moore, who was curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden and co-editor of Gardener's Chronicle; the work was one of the first of the genre printed in Britain. Fischer 89; Nissen BBI 1400; Stafleu & Cowan 6275.
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