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Ocean Gardens : The History of the Marine Aquarium, and the Best Methods Now Adopted for its Establishment and Preservation
by Humphreys, H Noel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
47, Ludgate Hill, London: Sampson Low, Son and Co, 1857. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition (enlarged and corrected by the author). viii, 116, 2pp. Strong red cloth-covered boards, ruled, embossed and gilded decorations, with gilt lettering to spine all edges gilt (boards a little rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, a little frayed around spine head and cracked on rear spine fold). Engraved, hand coloured, tissued -guarded plate frontispiece and 11 further engraved and hand-coloured plate botanical illustrations. A few mild marks on endpapers else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Square and firmly bound. A handsome volume with stunning illustrations.
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- Title
- Ocean Gardens : The History of the Marine Aquarium, and the Best Methods Now Adopted for its Establishment and Preservation
- Author
- Humphreys, H Noel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son and Co
- Place of Publication
- 47, Ludgate Hill, London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- aquarium, zoophytes molluscs, barnacles, sea-cucumbers, marine, sea, sea vegetation, sea garden, bottom of the sea,
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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