The Illustrated Flora of Britain and Northern Europe Marjorie Blamey; Christopher Grey-Wilson Gardening

A lovely first edition of this extensive guide, exploring 2,400 wild plants in meticulous detail, pairing Marjorie Blamey"s vivid colour illustrations with Christopher Grey-Wilson"s insightful botanical descriptions. In the publisher's original green cloth binding, complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.This volume is a first edition.This is an extensive guide to the flora of Britain and Northern Europe, covering over 2,400 plants, both native and introduced. Each species is illustrated in full colour with detailed paintings by Marjorie Blamey, showing flowers, leaves, stems, fruits, seeds, and variations.Marjorie Netta Blamey (1918-2019) was a British botanical illustrator. She didn"t start her professional botanical illustration career until her late 40s. She travelled widely to paint specimens and built up an archive of over 10,000 paintings.Christopher Grey-Wilson, born 1944, is an English botanist associated with Kew (Royal Botanic Gardens). He has collaborated on many plant and flora guides throughout his career. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent, with the slightest shelf-wear to extremities and one or two of the slightest handling marks. Dust wrapper, very smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities resulting in the odd minor crease. Slight age toning to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine