The Fern Portfolio - Heath's Fern Portfolio - All the Species of British Ferns are Included in this Volume

Heath, Francis George

Published by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ( SPCK ), London, 1885

About this Item

1885 3rd edition. Good/None. Olive decorative cloth boards with a little rubbing to edges/spine, some bumping to corners and edges particularly on back board, minor soiling/scuffing, slight splitting to spine ends. Contents generally clean and tight but for minor soiling, minor spotting/browning mainly to endpapers front and back. Gift inscription to title page. Plates are clean. Slim folio containing 15 beautiful chromolithograph plates on thick paper. Each plate features mostly life-size images of British ferns with a descriptive text on the facing page. All species of British fern are included - a mycological masterpiece. A beautiful and rare book, many having been broken up to frame the plates. Scarce. Seller Inventory # 007589

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fern Portfolio - Heath's Fern Portfolio ...

Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge ( SPCK ), London

Publication Date: 1885

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Illustrator: Heath, Francis George

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 3rd Edition