THE FLOWERING PLANTS, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain and their Allies The Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails. Vol

Pp vii, 365 + 40 Coloured plates, slight marginal foxing. Shows - primrose, hawthorn, mountain ash, willow herb,,gooseberry, raspberry, etc.. Original gilt decorated cloth, chipping to top and bottom of spine. Gilt edges. Anne Pratt (1806-1893), suffered from ill health as a child and was unable to engage in outdoor pursuits. A family friend, Dr Dods, taught her botany and one of her sisters collected plants for her, which she sketched. The drawings afterwards formed illustrations for her books.