The Romance Of Natural History..
Bound in original green cloth, gilt, front board decorated with gilt block. Deckled edges. A little wear to extremities and some light foxing but otherwise a very good copy. Binder's label of Edmonds and Remnants and bookseller's label of D. Wyllie and Son, Aberdeen. Gift inscription of 1864 on first free endpaper with Clova House library stamp, also on title page.
£60.00
Publisher
James Nisbet and Co., 21 Berners Street.,
Place
London
Date
1863
Synopsis
Sixth edition.
Item Description
8vo. 5.5 x 8 inches. xiv + 368 pp.
Illustrations
Illustrated by 12 engraved plates, including frontispiece.
Notes
Accounts, frequently dramatic, of natural history encounters around the world. Philip Henry Gosse (1810-88) was a zoologist, field naturalist and religious writer who made a living from his writings, including studies of Canada and Jamaica. He became by the 1850s, one of the leading popularisers of natural history in Britain. The first edition of this title was published in 1860.
[Stock No. 22447]
Subjects
19th Century • Natural History • Natural History/Science • Zoology