1860 Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals.
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding
The first edition of this work.
Illustrated with twelve plates, eleven of which are vibrant chromolithographs by W. Dickes after drawings by Gosse. Collated, complete.
This is a beautiful and extensive exploration of the history of the marine biology of British waters, written by renowned English naturalist Philip Henry Gosse.
With an advertisement leaf to the rear.
With a former owner's inscription, dated 1941, to the front free endpaper.
An important history of the sea-anemones and corals that inhabit the British sea coasts.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with two small closed tears to cloth at back strip head. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and generally clean, with only the odd handling mark.
Very Good
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