4vo. Original red cloth binding elaborately tooled and paneled in blind to boards and spine, gilt embossed fern emblem to upper board, gilt lettering to spine. Volumes 6 & 7 only. head and tail of spines worn, corners rubbed, spines 'sunned' and boards soiled and worn. Lowe was a renowned English botanist whose interest in ferns led to his studying them. His most noted work, consisting of eight volumes, first published in London in 1856. The bookplates were drawn by Lydon and engraved by Fawcett. Coloured plates in order: Volume 6. 1. Frontis. Onoclea Sensibilis. 2. Fadyenia Prolifera. 3. Cyclopeltis Semicordata. 4. Didymochlaena Truncatula. 5. Aspidium Decurrens. 6. Aspidium Marginale. 7. Aspidium Falcinellum. 8. Aspidium Pungens. 9. Aspidium Falcatum. 10. Aspidium Augescens. 11. Aspidium Acuminatum. 12. Aspidium Proliferum. 13. Aspidium Filix-Mas. 14. Aspidium Filix-Mas Cristata. 15. Aspidium Pumilum. 16. Aspidium Aculeatum. 17. Aspidium Oreopteris. 18. Aspidium Thelypteris. 19. Aspidium Acrostichoides. 20. Aspidium Cristatum. 21. Aspidium Rigidum. 22. Aspidium Lonchitis. 23. Aspidium Angulare. 24. Aspidium Angulare. V. Tripinnatum. 25. Aspidium Pubeescens. 26. Aspidium Elongatum. 27. Aspidium Dliatatum. 28. Aspidium Goldianum. 29. Aspidium Trifoliatum. 30. Aspidium Molle. 31. Aspidium Thelypteroides / Aspidium Mucronatum. 32. Aspidium Glabellum. 33. Aspidium Decompositum. 34. Aspidium Podophyllum. 35. Aspidium Podophyllum - Barren Frond. 36. Aspidium Coriaceum. 37. Aspidium Villosum - Portion of Frond. 38. Aspidium Vestitum. 39. Aspidium Coniifolium. 40. Aspidium Capense. 41. Aspidium Spinulosum - Portion of Frond. 42. Aspidium Canariense - Portion of Frond. 43. Aspidium Frondosum - Portion of Frond. 44. Aspidium Pteroides. 45. Aspidium Cicutarium. 46. Aspidium Macrophyllum. 47. Aspidium Unitum. 48. Aspidium Hookeri. 49. Aspidium Articulatum. 50. Aspidium Coadunatum. Volume 7. 51. Frontis. Aspidium Recedens. 52. Aspidium Repandum. 53. Aspidium Patens. 54. Aspidium Patens - V. Hendersoni. 55. Aspidium Kaulfussii. 56. Aspidium Spinescens. 57. Aspidium Aemulum. 58. Aspidium Hispidum. 59. Aspidium Glandulosum. 60. Aspidium Strigosum - Portion of Frond. 61. Aspidium Hirtum. 62. Aspidium Truncatum. 63. Aspidium Molle - Var. Corymbiferum. 64. Hypoderris Brownii. 65. Mesochlaena Javanica. 66. Oleandra Neriiformis. 67. Oleandra Nodosa. 68. Nephrolepis Pectinata. 69. Nephrolepis Exaliata. 70. Nephrolepis Undulata. 71. Nephrolepis Hirsutula. 72. Nephrolepis Ensifolia. 73. Nephrolepis Davallioides. 74. Nephrolepis Davallioides - V. Dissecta. 75. Nephrolepis Tuberosa. 76. Woodsia Mollis. 77. Woodsia Hyperborea. 78. Woodsia Ilvensis. 79. Woodsia Obtusa. 80. Cystopteris Regia. 81. Cystopteris Fragilis. 82. Cystopteris Fragilis -V. Dentata. 83. Cystopteris Dickieana. 84. Cystopteris Montana. 85. Cystopteris Tenuis. 86. Cystopteris Bulbifera. 87. Hemionitis Palmata. 88. Hemionitis Cordata. 89. Olfersia Cervina - Portion of Barren Frond. 90. Olfersia Cervina. 91. Hymenodium Crinitum. 92. Acrostichum Aureum. - Barren Frond and Fertile Pinna. 93. Acrostichum Flagelliferum. 94. Acrostichum Conforme. 95. Acrostichum Scolopendrifolium. 96. Acrostichum Crispatulum. 97. Acrostichum Frigidum. 98. Acrostichum Squamosum. 99. Acrostichum Quercifolium. 100. Acrostichum Nicotianaefolium. 101. Acrostichum Longifolium. 102. Acrostichum Auritum. 103. Acrostichum Auritum. - Barren Frond. 104. Acrostichum Villosum. 105. Acrostichum Brevipes. 106. Acrostichum Cuspidatum. - Fertile and Barren Fronds. 107. Acrostichum Crassinerve. 108. Acrostichum Gardnerianum. 109. Acrostichum Laurifolium / A. Melanopus. 110. Acrostichum Alienum. 111. Polybotrya Osmundacea. 112. Platycerium Stemmaria. 113. Platycerium Alcicorne. 114. Platycerium Grande. 115. Ophioglossum Vulgatum / O. Lusitanicum. 116. Botrychium Lunaria. / Var. Moorei