MAW, George (1832-1912). A Monograph of the Genus Crocus ... with an appendix on the etymology of the words Crocus and Saffron by V. C. Lacaita, London: Dulau and Co., 1886. 4° (310 x 250mm.). Half title, double-page map printed in colours, 2 double-page tables and 81 hand-coloured lithographed plates by F. Huth after Maw, wood-engraved vignettes. (Some very light mainly marginal browning). Contemporary green morocco gilt. (Extremities rubbed). GOOD COPY of Maw's classic, sumptuously-illustrated monograph. Nissen BBI 1316 (erroneously calling for 71 plates).