The fern garden
Subtitle: how to make, keep, and enjoy it : or, Fern culture made easy
By: by Shirley Hibberd ... ; illustrated with eight coloured plates and forty wood engravings.
Contributors: Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911.; Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893.; Adlard, James Evan (printer)
Edition: Eighth edition.
Publisher: Groombridge and Sons
Published: 1879
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
Subjects: Ferns.
Notes: Publisher's advertisements on p. [1-2] at beginning and p. [1-4] at end.

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.

Several wood-engraved illustrations within the text are signed: "E. Whimper Sc.", "E. Whymper Sc." or "E. W. Sc.".  A few are signed: "NF".

With the same setting of type, illustrations and colour plates as an 1869 edition of this title published by Groombridge and Sons and the "Second edition" published by Groombridge and Sons in 1870.  See McLean D 0517 and McLean D 0518.

Includes "Index.": p. [145]-148.

McLean, Ruari and Antonia.  Benjamin Fawcett, p. 150.

MASS copy: Bound in green fine diagonal rib-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind.  Boards with bevelled edges; a.e.g.  Spine with imprint: "Groombridge".  With pale pastel yellow glazed endpapers.