12mo. In two volumes. lxxvi, 373, [1]; viii, 452pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece to Vol. I numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. II. Original publisher's blind-stamped green cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed and marked, chipping to head and foot of dulled spines.

The first edition of a field guide to British trees by the Rev. Charles Alexander Johns (1811–1874), noted botanist and educator. In two volumes, and complete with a multitude of engravings, the books cover the life cycle of a wide range of trees and shrubs.