HASSALL, Arthur Hill. A History of the British Freshwater Algae. London: S. Highley and H. Bailliere

HASSALL, Arthur Hill. A History of the British Freshwater Algae. London: S. Highley and H. Bailliere, 1845. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (217 x 132mm.) 103 chromolithographed plates, errata to rear of vol. 1. (Spotting to front and rear leaves and to several plates, toning.) 20th century green half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards bound by Hayday, g.e. (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Edward Braxton Reynolds (bookplates to the front pastedowns). – And a further five related volumes (including John Ralf’s and Edward Jenner’s ‘The British Desmidieae’, 1848, 8vo, and Francis Wolle’s ‘Fresh-Water Algae of the United States’, 2 vols., 1887, 8vo) (7).