London: T. Nelson, 1878. Fourth Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt stamping and gilt edges; brown endpapers; frontispiece; 304p; ill. In good(-) condition; binding is solid; bookshop sticker and exlibris presentation label to front pastedown; shelfwear and scuffing to boards but gilt stamping is bright; spine shows some fraying and wear; front endpapers starting slightly; foxing throughout. Hardcover.
"The Wonders of the Sea are brought under the reader's notice. The fantastic forms and shining creatures that people the recesses of the Deep are placed here before him. The Object aimed at has been to allure him to the study of the great book of Nature, rather than to perplex him with a strictly scientific arrangement." --Preface. A charming and poetic exploration of the marvelous creatures and features of the briny blue.Illustrations by Yan Dargent, Edouard Riou, Albin Mesnel,and others.
