A naturalist’s sojourn in Jamaica
by Gosse, Philip Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good-
- Seller
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Coral Gables, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Philip Henry Gosse, known to his friends as Henry, was an English naturalist and populariser of natural science, an early improver of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology. Gosse created and stocked the first public aquarium at the London Zoo in 1853, and coined the term "aquarium" when he published the first manual, The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea, in 1854. His work was the catalyst for an aquarium craze in early Victorian England.
Notes
Hard. ½ leather with green marbled boards. Rubbing and wear at corners and spine. Slight peeling at edge of boards. Blindstamp- Library Univ. of Michigan. Book plate inside rear board. Inside front board "W.W. Newcomb Library – Withdrawn" Stain to book block at top. Light staining to some plates as well as Univ. of Michigan stamp on plate pages. An uncommon title in good condition.
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- Bookseller
- D W Carson (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GL004
- Title
- A naturalist’s sojourn in Jamaica
- Author
- Gosse, Philip Henry
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 leather. Green marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
- Pages
- [v]-xxiv, 508 pages, VII color plate : frontispiece
- Size
- 19cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Natural History Jamaica
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