Frederick Hanham | Natural illustrations of British grasses, Bath, 1846, publisher's red roan gilt

Frederick Hanham

Natural illustrations of British grasses. Bath: Binns and Goodwin, 1846

Small folio (310 x 205mm.), 62 plates with mounted specimens of grasses, publisher's red roan gilt, some light soiling and show through around the specimens

This work boasts the inclusion of real grass specimens as opposed to engravings. In the preface, the editor states that 62,000 plants were collected and prepared for the edition, requiring significant travel and often working in bad weather.

PROVENANCE:

S.E. Akroyd, bookplate