Glaucus : or, The wonders of the shore

Title Variants

Alternative: Glaucus, with illustrations

Alternative: Wonders of the shore

By

Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875 , author

Dickes, William, 1815-1892 , engraver
Richard Clay (Firm) , printer

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Cambridge [England], Macmillan and Co, 1859

Edition

Fourth edition corrected and enlarged; with coloured illustrations

Notes

"The basis of this little book was an Article which appeared in the North British Review for November, 1854."--P. [7].

Plates are colour wood engravings produced using the "Baxter Process", with areas and lines that are printed with an intaglio metal plate.

All plates are with imprint: "W. Dickes.". Three also include imprint: "G. B. Sowerby & C. K. del.". All are with numbered title captions.

Colour plates are the same as those used in the "Fifth edition" of this title published in 1873 by Macmillan and Co. See McLean D 0631.

Includes "Appendix. Explanation of Plates.": p. [211]-230.

Publisher's advertisement on p. [1] at end.

Subjects

1859 , Baxter Prints , Color , Gold blocked bindings , Great Britain , Marine animals , Natural history , Pictorial cloth bindings , Seashore animals , Specimens , Wood engravings

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.157733
OCLC: 977132590