The Sea-Weed Collector's Guide: Containing Plain Instructions For Collecting And Preserving, And A List Of All The Known Species And Localities In Great Britain
COCKS, J
Published by John Van Voorst, 1853
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(Iv); (Vii)-Xviii; (I);,(1)-120 + (4) Publisher's Catalogue. Colour Printed Frontispiece. Org. Cloth Small Area Of Loss At The Head Of The Spine. Light Stain To Top Corner Through Out. The Author Was A Doctor At Devonport. Neat Contemporary Ownership Inscription On Front Endpaper. Scarce. Seller Inventory # 003207
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Title: The Sea-Weed Collector's Guide: Containing ...
Publisher: John Van Voorst
Publication Date: 1853
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Sea-weed Collector's Guide: containing plain instructions for collecting and preserving, and a list of all the known species and localities in Great Britain
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Seller: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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London: John van Voorst, 1853. Sm. slim 8vo, xvii, 120, (4, ads.)pp. Color frontispiece (partially slightly faded). Original grey-green cloth rebacked, front end-paper creased, internally clean and sound. § First edition of this early book on the subject. John Cocks was the first to discover the red seaweed Stenogramme interrupta. The first part constitutes a "how to" guide to recognising, gathering, cleaning, drying, and mounting specimens followed by: "A list of the British marine algae, arranged systematically, after Professor Harvey's manual": P. [41]-87. and "Alphabetical index of the British marine algae, localities where found, and time of appearance": P. [89]-120. Seller Inventory # 124984
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