LINDLEY, John (1799-1865) & William HUTTON (1797-1860). The Fossil Flora of Great Britain, London, 1831-37, 3 volumes, 8vo, 231 lithographed plates, contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION. (3)

LINDLEY, John (1799-1865) & William HUTTON (1797-1860).  The Fossil Flora of Great Britain; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Vegetable Remains Found in a Fossil State in this Country. London: James Ridgway, 1831-37. 3 volumes, 8vo (215 x 135mm). 231 lithographed plates including plate '19 bis.' bound after, rather than before, plate 20 in vol. one, one double-page, a few folding, illustrations (plate 52 in vol. one detached and spotted, plate 105 in vol. II detached, some tissue guards lacking, occasional light spotting and staining). Contemporary dark green calf, spines gilt (neatly rebacked, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Sir Lowthian Bell (armorial bookplate); "For retention. BM copy imperfect" (pencil note on title). FIRST EDITION. The only copy in the British Library is incomplete with its first volume lacking a text leaf and its third volume a plate. (3)