Author: Bowerbank, James Scott.
Title: A monograph of the British Spongiadae. [Complete four volume set with dedication by the author].
Description: London, Published for the Ray Society by Robert Hardwick, 1864 -1882. 4 vols. XX,290, XX,388, 15,XVII,367, XVII,250,[17] pp. Frontispiece (orig. photograph of the author) & [146] single-page b./w. lithographs. Rebound in uniform late 20th century red h.mor. bindings, gilt lettered / dec. ribbed spines. 8vo. (Publ. Ray Society. no. 36, 38, 51, 57).* Rare complete set of four volumes in fine leather bindings. The fourth volume is a supplementary volume, edited, with additions, by A.M. Norman. First volume with a dedication in pen and ink by the author on the first free endpaper and title page.- - James Scott Bowerbank (1797 - 1877) was a British naturalist and palaeontologist. He became specially interested in the study of sponges.

Keywords: Invertebrates Sponges Hydrobiology Evertebraten Sponzen Hydrobiologie ?Stelling Achter Toonbank / ?Stelling Achter Toonbank / III