The Octavo Nature Printed British Ferns Two Volumes

Bradbury & Evans, London, . First Editions. Hardcover. Good Solid Rebacked Volumes, Unmatched Volumes As Not Rebacked At The Same Time, Corners Bumped And Worn, Warren Stoutamire Bookplate, Partially resown Signatures. Sm Quarto, TWo Volumes, Gilt Color Lettered And Decorated, Blind Stamping, AEG, Marbled End Papers. 1859, 1860 Nature Printed Colour Plates By Henry Bradbury with 114 total Plates, Vol. 1 has 51 plates With Tissue Guards and Volume I I Has 63 More Plates MOst are Species Identified Fern Fronds Some Show Complete Plants Including Root Structure; Nature Printing is a unique technique of illustration by pressing the specimen onto the printing medium or in some cases pressing on soft lead. The technique was first Known to be used by Leonardo Da Vinci, Occasional light Foxing and Marginal Dust Soil To Plates overall Very Good Attractive And Historically Important Examples Of A Botanical Illustration Technique NOt Often Found, Bradbury s Are Among The Best, Some Were Done IN Larger Size, These are in the Octavo Size As Noted In The Title Sm Quarto, TWo Volumes, Gilt Color Lettered And Decorated, Blind Stamping, AEG, Marbled End Papers, , xvi,PP.254,xi,PP.368, Figures and Descriptions Of The Species And Varieties Of Ferns Found In The United Kingdom Vol. I Polypodium to Lastrea Genus I.- V. and Vol. I I Athyrium to Ophioglossum Genus V I.- X I X Rb2e