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Libri antichi e moderni

Sowerby, George B. [Brettingham]

The Aquarium; A Popular Account of Marine and Fresh-water Animals and Plants

1865

229,36 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Dettagli

Anno di pubblicazione
1865
Luogo di stampa
London. Routledge, Warne and Routledge
Autore
Sowerby, George B. [Brettingham]
Soggetto
Nature - Marine & Fresh Water Biology
Lingue
Inglese

Descrizione

square 12mo [16 x 13.5 cm]; xvi, 327 pp, 20 hand colored plates (complete), with frontis [hand colored]. original pictorial gilt cloth with gilt picture of turtle on front cover, gilt title lettering & decoration on spine, all edges gilted, slight wear on corners, gilt bright, a fine, clean and bright copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by British Museum Nat Hist Catalogue 1981. Freeman 3496. The author was an important marine biologist of his day. This work, one of the first works on aquariums published, is indicative of the fashion of the day to collect natural history objects and display them in one's home. In this case ecologies were established using various live sea creatures, both plants and animals, usually collected personally at the sea shore. The author, a noted conchologist and zoologist, describes the construction and maintenance of the aquarium and the type of creatures to collect. This is the first edition with this title.