[JOHNSON, Charles]. The Grasses of Great Britain; Illustrated by John E. Sowerby, Described, with Observations on their Natural History and Uses. London: Robert Hardwicke, n.d. [ca. 1860].
First edition. Hardcover. Leather-bound. Octavo (250 x 150 x 40 mm.), pp. xxxii, 192, + 144 hand-coloured plates outside the pagination. Handsome contemporary half leather, bound by George Quinton of Norwich, their ticket to top corner of front pastedown. Spine gilt. Marbled boards, page edges and endpapers. Bound without a half-title. Glossary at front. Errata and index to rear. Condition: VERY GOOD. Collated complete. Binding tight and secure the hinges intact, covers well preserved with some light rubbing to boards. Contents largely fresh and clean. Faint previous owner signature to front endpaper. Scarce.