All About Leaves - Francis George Heath

All About Leaves by Francis George Heath, illustrated by Miss M Schroedter
 
Williams & Norgate, London, 1914
 
First edition. Hardback bound in the original green cloth with gilt titling and an attractive horse chestnut leaf in gilt to the upper board. 16 x 10.5cm, 228pp + 52pp publisher's ads.
 
 
A charming small book on leaves, their composition, growth etc followed by an illustrated guide to the leaves from acacia to willow. The book is illustrated with four colour plates and eighty black and white.