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[BOTANICALS]. PRATT, Anne (1806?1893). The Flowering Plants...

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[BOTANICALS]. PRATT, Anne (1806?1893). The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges & Ferns of Great Britain? Revised by Edward Step. London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1899?1905. 4 volumes, royal 8vo. 315 color?printed plates. Contemporary half olive levant, marbled sides, 3 compartments with 2 raised bands, gilt?lettering and leafy floral sprigs, top edges gilt, stamp?signed by Bayntun (spines sunned). ?? [TOGETHER WITH:] LOWE, E.J. Our Native Ferns; or, a History of the British Species and their Varieties. London: Groombridge and Sons, 1867. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. 79 color?printed plates, numerous wood engravings in text. Original publisher?s embossed green cloth stamped in gilt, gilt?lettered spines (spines a bit darkened, corners bumped). ?? Together, 2 works in 6 volumes, each containing numerous botanical plates in color, condition generally very good.