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Author/Creator:Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879.
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Title:Ocean and river gardens: a history of the marine and fresh-water aquaria, with the best methods for their establishment and preservation ... By H. Noel Humphreys ...
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Published/Created:London, S. Low, son and co., 1857.
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Physical Description:2 pts. in l v. illus., 20 col. pl. (incl. front.) 19 cm.
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Links:View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
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Local Notes:BAC : Gold-stamped orange cloth binding.
"London: Thomas Harrild, Printer, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street; and Silver Street, Falcon Square."
Advertisements: [4] p. at end of pt. 2.
Binder's ticket: Bound by Bone & Son, 76 Fleet St., London.
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Notes:Pt. I has title: Ocean gardens: the history of the marine aquarium.
Pt. II has title: River gardens; being an account of the best methods of cultivating fresh-water plants in aquaria.
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Variant and related titles:Ocean gardens.
River gardens.
- Format:Book
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References:McLean, R. Victorian book design (1972 ed.)
Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 207
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Subjects:Aquariums.
Water gardens.
Natural history--Technique.
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Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1857.
Sim, Margaret--Autograph.
Harrild, Thomas--Printer.
Low, (Sampson) Son, and Co.--Publisher.
Bone & Son--Bookbinder.
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Genre/Form:Wood engravings--Hand-colored--1857.
Wood engravings--1857.
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Also listed under: "Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014)
Ocean Flowers: Impressions from Nature in the Victorian Era (Yale Center for British Art, June 12, 2004-August 8, 2004)
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/580635