1863 Flora of Marlborough

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Uncommon

The first edition.

Uncommon work.

Bound in the publisher's original green cloth.

This informative study provides a botanical examination of the flora of Marlborough, with notices of the birds and a view of the geological features of the neighbourhood. Containing a catalogue of the different plants found in Marlborough, along with their scientific terms and environmental features, such as where they are likely to be found, and at what time of year.

Written by Rev. Thomas Arthur Preston, who was a botanist and distinguished scholar of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Illustrated with a double-paged photographic map frontispiece. Collated, complete.