Ocean Gardens - the History Of the Marine Aquarium

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co.,, 1857 A very good copy in the original green decorative cloth binding with 20 fine hand coloured plates. Aeg. The binding has a gilt design, gilt titles and blind stamping to the front board, gilt design and titles to the spine and blind stamping to the back board. It has been rebacked and is… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 1857. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A beautifully illustrated marine biology work by H. Noel Humphries, in the publisher's original binding. This was published less than five years after the aquarium exploded in popularity with Philip Henry Gosse coining the term and creating the first public aquarium, situated in London… Read more about this item

London: Sampson Low & Co, 1857. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. viii,112pp. With 12 magnificent hand-coloured plates (mis-numbered). Blue cloth-covered boards with gilt decorations and title on spine, blind embossed decorations on boards plus gilded motif with title on front. Spine a little sun-faded with rubbed ends. Bottom corners rounded gently and… Read more about this item

47, Ludgate Hill, London: Sampson Low, Son and Co, 1857. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Second edition (enlarged and corrected by the author). viii, 116, 2pp. Strong red cloth-covered boards, ruled, embossed and gilded decorations, with gilt lettering to spine all edges gilt (boards a little rubbed… Read more about this item

Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 1857. Hardcover. Good. . First ed. Tanning to spine, some dust wear to boards. Minor rubbing at corners. Some foxing here and there throughout, plates are mostly clean, minor foxing at page edges. Binding sturdy.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.