[Nature printing] Moore, Th. Nature-printed British ferns:

being figures and descriptions of the species and varieties of ferns found in the United Kingdom. Nature-printed by Henry Bradbury. London, Bradbury & Evans, 1863. XVI,254; XI,(1),368 p. W. 2 identical steel-engr. frontispieces (dated 1859) and 122 nature-printed plates (incl. 8 bis-numbers). Very finely bound in contemp. red hmor. by H.A. Winkelhagen ("Hof-boekbinder", Amst"), spines ribbed and richly gilt, a.e.g., large 8vo. Both vols. signed with label on upper pastedown.

Occas. foxing. A very fine set. Bradbury's famous example of the nature-printing proces, first developed by Alois Auer ("Naturselbstdruck") in 1853. Blunt p. 142; Nissen, BBI 1401; Stafleu & Cowan TL2, 6277. (total 2)