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Johnston, George.
A Flora of Berwick-Upon-Tweed Vol I Phaenogamous Plants [with] Vol II Cryptogamous Plants [2 volume set].
Publisher: J Carfrae & Son/ Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, Edinburgh & London;
Date of Publication: 1829
Stock Code: 8670
FIRST EDITIONS. Octavo, pp. xxiv, 242; [4], 335, [1]. 2 hand-coloured plates to Vol I including frontispiece and 2 fold-out plates to rear Vol II. Polished half-calf with 4 raised bands, gilt titles to black labels to spine and marbled paper-covered boards with matching marbled endpapers. Spines lightly sunned and scuffed; minor wear at corners and spine tips. Armorial bookplate to each front paste-down; newspaper clipping to verso ffep Vol I relating to Dr. Johnson’s founding of the Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club. Scattered light foxing, a little heavier to prelims and later leaves; repait to hinge p. 313-4 and pp. 323-326 detached. A Good set. Study of the indigenous plants in the district of Berwick upon Tweed by Dr George Johnson (1797-1855), the founder and first president of the Berwick Naturalists’ Club. £135.00