THE FLORA OF THE WEST RIDING:
A list of plants observed in the West Riding of Yorkshire, (exclusive of the Ainsty). With the localities in which they have been observed. Accompanied by two maps, notes, and an appendix. The phanerogamous portion by L. C. Miall; the cryptogams by B. Carrington. Pp. xii+98(last colophon), 2 coloured maps (including the frontispiece) cream coated endpapers, errata, list of subscribers; small cr. 8vo; dark green limp cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, the spine slightly faded; bookplate of Frank Spicer and earlier bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, binder's ticket (S. Waterhouse, Bradford) on lower pastedown, the upper free endpaper slightly soiled, upper hinge cracking, a few leaves faintly creased, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; W. Pamplin, London, 1862. First edition. *Early work by Louis Compton Miall (1842-1921), who became Professor of Biology at the University of Leeds. In 1892 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and from 1904 to 1906 he was Fullerian Professor of Physiology at the Royal Institution. Benjamin Carrington (1827-1893) was a specialist in bryophytes, cryptogams, fungi and lichens. He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Item #167082
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