British Trees: Including the Finer Shrubs for Garden and Woodland

A smart copy of this beautifully illustrated botanical account of the trees of Britain, with coloured plates throughout. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. With a coloured frontispiece, twenty-three coloured plates, thirty-two monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete. This work provides a comprehensive botanical account of the trees and shrubs of Britain, with descriptions of a wide variety of plants, such as the sycamore, the apple, the holly, the forsythia, amongst many others. Written by the nineteenth century botanist Charles Alexander Jones, who was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and author to numerous books on natural history and field guides. Edited by E.T. Cook and W. Dallimore. With the bookplate of Sir John Carteret Hyde Seale, the fourth Baronet of Mount Boone. In the publisher's original cloth binding.Externally, light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Bookplate of Sir John Carteret Hyde Seale to the front paste down. Offsetting to free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting, most significant to the front and rear. Very Good Indeed.…