Author: Louis Figuier; E. Perceval Wright [ed.]
Title: The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Some of Its Inhabitants
Description: London, Cassell, Petter, & Galpin, 1872. Leather. A lovely Victorian work on life in the ocean, from the French of Louis Figuier, attractively bound in a full calf prize binding. A new and revised edition of this work in a full calf prize binding with the gilt crest of Bickerton House School, dated 1884, to the front board, and gilt detailing to the spine. Marbled end papers and edges. Illustrated with 435 illustrations, including a frontispiece and thirty full page illustrations. Collated, complete. Translated from the French of Louis Figuier, this Victorian volume provides information on the ocean, currents of the ocean and life in the ocean. This edition was revised by Edward Perceval Wright (1834-1910). Undated, dated through copies held at the British Library. In a full calf prize binding. Externally, smart, with a little rubbing to the front board and extremities. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine .

Keywords: Oceans Sea life Louis Figuier E. Perceval Wright Sea life Not Stated


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