THE SEA AND ITS LIVING WONDERS: A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MARVELS OF THE DEEP AND OF THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME. By Dr. G. Hartwig.

Hartwig (Dr. Georg Ludwig). (1813-1880).

Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1873

Beschreibung

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1873). (ND) 1873 4th edition. 8vo (146 x 230mm). Ppxx,518,24pp ads. 12 chromoxylographic plates, b/w woodcut illustrations, coloured folding maps. Red cloth, spine titled in gilt, gilt vignette of fish to upper board. Front hinge tender, end-papers and edges browned, signature to half-title page, small tear to fold-out map, cloth a little marked and worn, light stains to a few pages, pressed marine life laid in to pp252-3. Good-plus. An extensive study of the marine world as it was known and understood at the time of writing. "I have done my best to raise my work to the standard of the actual state of science, and to render it. a complete epitome of all that the general reader cares to know about the marvels of the deep." Sections include: The physical geography of the sea; The inhabitants of the sea; The progress of maritime discovery. .

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 57460

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: THE SEA AND ITS LIVING WONDERS: A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MARVELS OF THE DEEP AND OF THE PROGRESS OF MARITIME DISCOVERY FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIME. By Dr. G. Hartwig.
• Verlag: Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1873
• Einband: Hardcover