British Wild Flowers. Illustrated by John E. Sowerby. Described, with an introduction and a key to the natural orders, by C. Pierpoint Johnson. Re-Issue: to which is added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants. By John W. Salter, and the ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses. C. Pierpoint; Johnson. John E Sowerby, [Illustrator] Published: John Van Voorst, 1882 Condition: Very Good. Hardcover Original publishers green cloth boards, lettered and decorated in gilt on spine and front cover with all edges gilt and bevelled. Frontispiece and 89 hand coloured steel engraved plates. {1780 figures} All illustrations beautiful bright and clean. 186 pages plus 89 full coloured pages, dimension: 25.0 x 18.0 cm The expanded reissue of Sowerby's classic work on British Wild Flowers, "to which is now added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter, ALS, FGS and the Ferns, Horsetails and Club-mosses by John E. Sowerby" Faint wear and slight rubbing at spine ends and corners, otherwise clean, Nice smart copy. Please see photos for condition detail. Description: Hardback. Almost very good condition. Green cloth. All edges gilt. Gilt titles. Re-issue: to which is now added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and the ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses by John Sowerby. Hand-coloured plates. It appears that the spine has been at some time repaired and strengthened; couple of small old splits to spine are still showing. Bookplate to front endpaper. All plates are present. Some plates have foxing to edges, but most are just browned. Foxing to some page margins. From the Library of: Pilcher George Ralfe Banker, Ornithologist, Naturalist and Historian (1861-1936) From an early age Ralfe took an interest in natural history and was a founder member of the Isle of Man Natural History and Antiquarian Society. He was interested in all aspects of the society's activities, but first and foremost he was interested in ornithology. He contributed a number of articles to British natural history journals such as The Zoologist and North Western Naturalist. This is a heavy book.