{"product_id":"pratt-anne-the-flowering-plants-grasses-sedges-and-ferns-of-great-britain-and-their-allies-the-club-mosses-pepp","title":"PRATT, Anne. The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns, of Great Britain, and their allies the Club Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRATT, Anne.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns, of Great Britain, and their allies the Club Mosses, Pepperworts, and Horsetails. \u003ci\u003eFrederick Warne and Co\u003c\/i\u003e.  [nd, 1870s.]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix vols bound in three, 8vo. Contemporary half green morocco, marbled boards, spines with gilt raised bands, tools and lettering, marbled endpapers, silk bookmarks, a.e.g.; pp. I: viii, 266; II: viii, 355, [1]; III: x, 410; IV: viii, 328; V: viii, 368; VI: x, 319, [1]; \u003cstrong\u003ewith 314 coloured lithograph plates\u003c\/strong\u003e and one monochrome plate; a little bumping to extremities, a little foxing, plates generally clean, very good.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew edition\u003c\/strong\u003e (first published in 5 volumes in 1855-66 by SPCK, with a 6 volume edition following). Anne Pratt (1806-1893) was probably the most successful female botanist of her time and her \u003ci\u003eFlowering Plants\u003c\/i\u003e was a major work  which did much to interest the general public in the British flora. The illustrations are the author's own work. Being a woman and a self-taught artist she was not taken seriously by the botanical establishment. For instance,  Wilfred Blunt suggests that her highly attractive illustrations \"no doubt owe a good deal to the artists of the firm of W. Dickes and Co. who redrew them on the stones\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Botanical Illustration\u003c\/i\u003e), conveniently ignoring the fact that this speculative criticism could be made of any artist who does not do their own engraving. It is impossible now to see her  the drawings and not be impressed by her picturesque flair and compositional sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2122117\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55232105021817,"sku":"2122117","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2122117_38350593-c3e1-49a8-93fd-a1ac2407ff2c.jpg?v=1773763818","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/pratt-anne-the-flowering-plants-grasses-sedges-and-ferns-of-great-britain-and-their-allies-the-club-mosses-pepp","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}