Moss Flora of North America North of Mexico

4to [27 x 20 cm]; 12 parts bound in 3 volumes, complete, 324 plates with thousands of illustrations from drawings, bound with the original blue heavy paper printed wraps, index in each volume, each volume also has the additional title page. contemporary green cloth with gilt spine title lettering, spines lightly faded but lettering clear, fine, clean and sound copy, not usually found with the original wrappers. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Grout was a botanical pioneer in developing the study of mosses in North America and his work stimulated their study. See Ewan (A Short History of Botany in US). This work is very detailed and well-illustrated, covering Andreaeaceae, Archidiaceae, Polytrichaceae, Calymperaceae, Encalyptaceae, Tortella, Didymodon, Barbula; Aloina, Tortula, Pottia, Pterygoneurum, Grimmiaceae, Erpodiaceae, Splachnaceae, Bartramiaceae, Timiaceae, Aulacomniaceae, Bryaceae, Leskea and Pseudoleskea, Fontinalaceae. The work had contributions by A. J. Sharp, Stanley A. Cain, T. C. Frye, William C. Steere, Seville Flowers, Inez M. Haring, William C. Steere, Ethelda J. Craig, W. T. Wareham, George Neville Jones, Geneva Sayre; A. LeRoy Andrews, Winona H. Welch.