Author: George Claridge Druce
Title: The Comital Flora of the British Isles
Description: Arbroath, T. Buncle & Co. 1932. First edition. Cloth. George Claridge Druce's study of British flora and its distribution, uncommon first edition complete with map inserted to rear pocket. Uncommon first edition of this work. A study of British plants and their distribution in the regions of the country, with information on the place of growth, elevation, world-distribution, grade, chief synonyms, and first names by which the plants were recorded as British. An interesting work of botanical topography. With a frontispiece portrait of the author and one further plate in black and white, complete with coloured folding map inserted to a rear pocket showing the botanical vice-counties presented by William James Patey. Written by English botanist George Claridge Druce. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only, spine and extremities of the boards lightly bumped. J. F. M. Cannon ink inscription to the front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Light spotting tot he fore edge, not affecting the pages that remain bright and clean. Illustrated with two black and white full page plates and a colour folding map inserted to the rear pocket. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: first editions uncommon flora britain uncommon None


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