First edition, small folio, viii, 92pp., with half-title, with the engraved bookplate of the Earl of Stradbroke, also signed and dated 1827, 3 plates with 10 numbered actual specimens of grasses in remarkable good condition, each secured by a pair of printed identification slips both common and Latin names, 2 hand-coloured engraved plates of grass varieties and a further 7 folding engraved plates showing farm machinery, offsetting, some foxing (including title) and spotting, cont. hafl calf, joints cracked, corners rubbed.