Musci Exotici Containing Figures and Descriptions of new or little known foreign mosses and other cryptogamic subjects

Sir William Jackson Hooker

Published by Anon 1818-20, London, 1818

About this Item

A very scarce signed first edition of this work on mosses by William Jackson Hooker. Signed, with a gift inscription from the author to the half-titles of both volumes 'To Dr Knight with the Author's Best Compliments'. Ownership inscriptions to the front endpaper and pastedown of Alan Burges, Botany School, Sydney and E H Linton.Illustrated, with 176 engraved plates total. Being 96 plates to volume I and 80 plates to volume II.Collated, complete.In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the errata to the final leaf.These illustrated plates are accompanied by unpaginated text.Loosely inserted are some specimens of mosses collected by a former owner. They have pasted the specimens to a single leaf card and numbered them.William Jackson Hooker was a celebrated author of botanical works. He published over 20 major botanical studies over a period of fifty years including 'Genera Filicum', 'Flora Scotia' and 'Species Filicum'.A bright example of one of Hooker's scarcer works. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Volume I has been rebacked preserving the original spine. Externally, generally smart with minor shelf wear. Internally, both volumes are firmly bound. Pages are bright. Inscriptions to the endpapers, and author's inscription to the half-titles. Several leaves remain untrimmed. Occasional scattered spotting, heavier to the edges of the plates. Minor damp stains to the plate edges in the final quarter of volume II, not affecting the overall image. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 791L20

Bibliographic Details

Title: Musci Exotici Containing Figures and ...

Publisher: Anon 1818-20, London

Publication Date: 1818

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: None

Condition: Very Good

Signed: signed by author

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book