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Philip Henry Gosse - A Year at the Shore

Title: A Year at the Shore
Description: London , Daldy, Ibister & Co, 1877. First edition. Leather. A smart copy of the popular naturalist Philip Henry Gosse's A Year at the Shore, with colour illustrations. Philip Henry Gosse was an English naturalist and populariser of natural science and innovator of marine biology. He created and stocked the first public aquarium at London Zoo in 1853. This volume goes through the months and details Gosse's time on the shore and his invention of the aquarium. With thirty-six coloured illustrations. With two pages of adverts to the rear. Collated, complete. In full calf leather binding. Externally, smart. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

Keywords: A Year at the Shore philip henry gosse sea autobiography philip henry gosse Not Stated

Price: GBP 150.00 = appr. US$ 214.20 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 825B22

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