John E. Sowerby; John E. Sowerby — British Wild Flowers

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1894. Cloth. A beautifully and colourfully illustrated examination of British wild flower, including figures of recently discovered flowering plants. Termed a 'Re-Issue', to which is added a supplement containing one hundred and eighty figures of lately discovered flowering plants. A reference guide offering information of a wide variety of wild flowers that can be found in the British countryside, with scientific information to accompany it.Illustrated with eighty-nine hand-coloured plates, with an additional three monochrome plates, displaying 1,780 figures. Collated, complete.Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, a British botanical illustrator who inherited a taste for botanical drawing from his grandfather, James Sowerby.Written by C. Pierpoint Johnson, a British botanist who also wrote 'A Concise Encyclopedia of Wild Flowers', and 'The Useful Plants of Great Britain&apos.Supplement written by John W. Salter, an English naturalist and geologist. With the bookplate of Constance, Countess of Derby to the recto of the frontispiece, alongside the inscription 'Constance Derby&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with boards exceptionally bright. Small bump to tail of front joint. Hinges strained, with boards somewhat tender. Bookplate and inscription to recto of frontispiece. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: John E. Sowerby. Very Good .