Flora Metropolitana: or Botanical rambles within thirty miles of London

Second Hand
Hardback
Published by: S. Highly
1st edition. Book Condition: Fair.

Green cloth with gilt cover emblem and title; significant damage to spine with some loss, light wear to lightly bumped corners, sun bleaching to spine and a strip of the rear cover. Front joint cracked, front hinge tidily repaired with tape, however separation of the textblock into two between pp. Xii & xiii means the front section is nearly detached; rear hinge also cracked. Internally clean, with a little spotting throughout. Overall fair. Photos available on request. Ex-libris Lady Joanna Davy, noted plant collector and painter who was made honorary member of the BSBI in 1950; includes an interesting letter dated Sept 1941 from Joan Davy gifting the book to a friend. Full title: Being the results of numerous excursions made in 1833, 34, 35, furnishing a list of those plants that have been found on the different heaths, woods, commons, hills, etc. surrounding the metropolis (more particularly the counties of Surrey and Kent) chiefly from actual observation, and the latest authorities. Intended for the student in practical botany, with a list of the land and fresh-water shells of the environs of London.