HOBKIRK, Charles P. A Synopsis of the British Mosses: containing descriptions of all the genera and species, (with localities of the rarer ones) found in Great Britain and Ireland: based upon Wilson's "Bryologia Britannica," Schimper's "Synopsis," etc. First edition. vii, 196, [2], 16pp adverts., half-title. A very good copy in bright original dark green gilt decorated cloth. Scarce. 8vo. [B. Brown, printer, Hudderfield for], L. Reeve and Co [London]. 1873. ~ Charles Codrington Pressick Hobkirk was a local naturalist, plant collector, and author of Huddersfield: Its History and Natural History (1859). He was also President of the Huddersfield Naturalists’ Society.