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HUMPHREYS, H. Noel (1810-79). Ocean Gardens: The History of the Marine Aquarium. London: Sampson Low, 1857. Small 4° (184 x 130mm). 12 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (occasional light spotting and staining). Original green cloth decorated in gilt and blind, gilt edges (spine a little darkened, a few small stains, extremities lightly rubbed).
With 6 other books of related interest including George Shaw & Frederick Nodder's Naturalist's Miscellany ([London, 1790], vol. IV only, ie. "Marine Plants", lacks title, BOOKPLATE OF JOSIAH SPODE), Mary Roberts' The Conchologist's Companion (London, 1834), George Brettingham Sowerby's Popular History of the Aquarium (London, 1857), Philip Henry Gosse's Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals (London, 1860) and William Houghton's Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with his Children (London, 1870), all with coloured plates, all but one in original cloth. (7)
With 6 other books of related interest including George Shaw & Frederick Nodder's Naturalist's Miscellany ([London, 1790], vol. IV only, ie. "Marine Plants", lacks title, BOOKPLATE OF JOSIAH SPODE), Mary Roberts' The Conchologist's Companion (London, 1834), George Brettingham Sowerby's Popular History of the Aquarium (London, 1857), Philip Henry Gosse's Actinologia Britannica. A History of the British Sea-Anemones and Corals (London, 1860) and William Houghton's Sea-Side Walks of a Naturalist with his Children (London, 1870), all with coloured plates, all but one in original cloth. (7)
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