Accession number
PML 142581
Creator
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888.
Published
London : James Nisbet and Co., 21 Berners Street, 1860.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Illustrated with 11 wood engravings by J.W. Whymper after Wolf and Gosse
"Ballantyne and Company, printers, Edinburgh."--Colophon.
Subsequently followed by Gosse's "The romance of natural history: second series" in 1861.
[4] p. of publisher's advertisements at end.
Includes index.
"Ballantyne and Company, printers, Edinburgh."--Colophon.
Subsequently followed by Gosse's "The romance of natural history: second series" in 1861.
[4] p. of publisher's advertisements at end.
Includes index.
Description
xiv, 372, [4] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. (wood engravings) ; 21 cm.
Provenance
inscription of B.C.J.S. Knight on inside of front board; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Publisher's green pictorial cloth blocked in blind and gold.
Classification
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