The Art Album of Flora - Featon, E. H. (Mr and Mrs) [Sarah]

Binding a little loose Spine leather worn and deteriorating 3" split leather at top of front joint 5" split leather at top of rear joint 1/2" chips leather at head of spine Hinges broken Two plates and two text leaves detached and loose Plates clean minor foxing Light 1/2" dampstain lower corner of some leaves Tissue guards present all plates.; Volume I all published "Authors Edition" First one volume edition the work had previously been published in 1887-8 in three separate parts Subtitled "being a systematic and popular of the native flowering plants of New Zealand and the adjacent islands" xviii 180 pages Full maroon morocco binding with gilt and black decoration spine Gilt dentelles Marbled endpapers Page dimensions 292 x 238mm With 40 attractive chromolithographs including frontispiece printed in New Zealand List of subscribers the "Authors Edition" on pp 179-180 Bagnall records that the prospectus for this work advertised the of copies bound in cloth full calf or morocco This is ...