(Sir William Jackson A Century of Ferns..., first edition, 98 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after W.H.Fitch (numbered 1-100, 2 folding plates numbered as two), contemporary ink signature at head of half-title and others on front endpapers, some very light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, small tear to head of title with very slight loss not affecting text, contemporary green roan-backed cloth, rubbed, splits to joints, spine worn at head, [Nissen BBI 917], large 8vo, 1854. *** A reissue, on large paper, of vol.10 of Hooker's Icones plantarum.
(Sir William Jackson A Century of Ferns..., first edition, 98 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after W.H.Fitch (numbered 1-100, 2 folding plates numbered as two), contemporary ink signature at head of half-title and others on front endpapers, some very light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, small tear to head of title with very slight loss not affecting text, contemporary green roan-backed cloth, rubbed, splits to joints, spine worn at head, [Nissen BBI 917], large 8vo, 1854. *** A reissue, on large paper, of vol.10 of Hooker's Icones plantarum.
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