Spencer Thomson; Thomas Moore — Wild Flowers and British Ferns

London , George Routledge and Sons , 1861-1867. Leather. Two volumes in one on wild flowers and British ferns, with illustrations. Two volumes bound in one. The first volume being Wild Flowers: How to See and how to Gather them with remarks on the economical and medicinal uses of our native plants by Spencer Thomas, published in 1861, being the fourth edition. The second volume is British Ferns and their Allies by Thomas Moore, being a new edition published in 1867. The first volume is illustrated by Noel Humphreys with eight plates. Plate number three is bound as the frontispiece rather than plate vi. The second volume is illustrated by W. S. Coleman with twelve plates. Collated, complete. Bound by W. Prudden. In half calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with rubbing to the spine and extremities. Front hinge is starting and remains generally firm. Internally, firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages. Some scattered spots to the first few pages. Good . Ill.: Noel Humphreys and W. S. Coleman. Good .