THOMAS MOORE (1827-1901)
The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland: Five Plates
five nature-embossed engravings in colors, 1855, on wove papers, published by Bradbury and Evans, Whitefriars, London, all with margins, all with soft handling creases throughout, a few small stains on several plates, Plate X with amendments to the text in pencil, Plate XX with a diagonal crease accross the lower right margin, Plate XXVII with a vertical crease in the lower right margin corner, otherwise all apparently in good condition, in dark bird's-eye wood frames with an ebony edge and French mats with wash lines, not examined out of the frames
all P. approx. 21½ x 12 in. (546 x 304 mm.)
all overall 31 x 24 1/8 in. (787 x 612 mm.) (5)