A Synoptical Compend of British Botany, Arranged After the Linnean System; .

A Synoptical Compend of British Botany, Arranged after the Linnean System; and Containing The Essential Characters of the Genera, The Specific Characters, English Names, Places of Growth, Soil and Situation, Colour of the Flowers, Times of Flowering, Duration, and References to Figures. The Second Edition, With Corrections and Considerable Additions, Including The Linnean Order of Ferns, together with Essential Characters and Types of the Genera of all the Other Orders of the Cryptogamia. xii, 327 pp (unpaginated). Internally text clean and bright, binding sound. Bound in original dark brown three quarters leather with brown marbled hard paper boards. Gilt lettering and rule on spine. 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Top, bottom and edges of spine rubbed. Corners rubbed. Edges of boards lightly rubbed in places. Previous owner's inscription on fep (very small). Overall condition VG.