Field flowers
Subtitle: a handy-book for the rambling botanist, suggesting what to look for and where to go in the out-door study of British plants
By: by Shirley Hibberd ... ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and ninety wood engravings.
Contributors: Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911.; Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893.; Adlard, James Evan (printer)
Publisher: Groombridge and Sons
Published: 1870
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Wild flowers -- Great Britain.
Notes: Colour wood-engraved plates are unsigned and without imprint.  All are with caption titles.

Plates are printed and engraved by Benjamin Fawcett.  Cf. McLean, Ruari and Antonia.  Benjamin Fawcett: engraver and colour printer, 1988.

Includes small wood-engraved decorative initials and tail-pieces.

Some wood-engraved illustrations within the text are signed: "E. W. Sc." and one is signed: "E. Whimper Sc.".

With the same setting of type (except for signature mark on p. 149), illustrations and colour plates as an edition of this title published [between 1880 and 1888] by Groombridge and Sons.  See McLean D 0521.

Includes "Index.": p. [155]-156.

Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-4] at end.

McLean, Ruari and Antonia.  Benjamin Fawcett, p. 151.

MASS copy: Bound in green calico cloth blocked in gold, black and blind; a.e.g.  With grey painted endpapers.  With presentation inscription dated 1871.