Sphagnaceae Britannicae Exsiccatae, THE AUTHOR'S COPY, printed title, index, and dedication, actual specimens (between one and 6 samples per page) mounted on 55 sheets, all captioned in manuscript, 26 lithographed plates from "The Monthly Microsopical Journal" (where Braithwaite's book first appeared) tipped-in, mounted on stiff card, 16 carte-de-visite portraits (several by Whitby photographers) inserted in 4 window-mount leaves, envelope addressed to Braithwaite (on Brixton Hill) loosely inserted, contemporary red half morocco by Fisher & Stidstone (with label), g.e. [Sayre pp.272-4 & no. 408], large 4to (345 x 255mm.), [Clapham Rise], 1877; and another copy, 54 sheets of mounted specimens, advertisement for Braithwaite's forthcoming "The Sphagnaceae or Peat-Mosses of Europe and America" tipped-in, cloth-backed boards with binder's ticket of Fisher & Stidstone, 1877 (2)
Sphagnaceae Britannicae Exsiccatae, THE AUTHOR'S COPY, printed title, index, and dedication, actual specimens (between one and 6 samples per page) mounted on 55 sheets, all captioned in manuscript, 26 lithographed plates from "The Monthly Microsopical Journal" (where Braithwaite's book first appeared) tipped-in, mounted on stiff card, 16 carte-de-visite portraits (several by Whitby photographers) inserted in 4 window-mount leaves, envelope addressed to Braithwaite (on Brixton Hill) loosely inserted, contemporary red half morocco by Fisher & Stidstone (with label), g.e. [Sayre pp.272-4 & no. 408], large 4to (345 x 255mm.), [Clapham Rise], 1877; and another copy, 54 sheets of mounted specimens, advertisement for Braithwaite's forthcoming "The Sphagnaceae or Peat-Mosses of Europe and America" tipped-in, cloth-backed boards with binder's ticket of Fisher & Stidstone, 1877 (2)
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