POPULAR HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES, R.M. Stark, 1st/1st HC 1854 — Hand Plates WORLD / CULTURES Also in pencil is a

Also in pencil is a very strange and bizarre poem by previous owner on the first blank page

reminiscent of the Imperial Faberge Easter Eggs

Note on the accompanying paper

GUSTAVE DORE ~ Milton's Paradise Lost by John Milton ~ ALTEMUS Edition ~ Late 1800s

Previous owner's signature on inside front board only

POPULAR HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES, R.M. Stark, 1st/1st HC 1854 — Hand Plates WORLD / CULTURES Also in pencil is a1854 Popular History of British Mosses, Robert M. Stark, First Edition First Printing HC Hand Plates Engravings, Scarce Publisher: Lovell and Reeve, London (1854) SCARCE book of the POPULAR HISTORY OF BRITISH MOSSES by Robert M. Stark, first edition from 1854. Brown leather hand tooled boards with gilt decorations and lettering. Boards and binding are solid and tight save for cracking to the leather around the hinges, chipping to spine ends and some