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West Indies.- Jamaica.- Gosse (Philip Henry) A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica, first edition, 1851.

West Indies.- Jamaica.- Gosse (Philip Henry) A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica, first edition, half-title, tears with neat repairs, lithograph frontispiece and 7 plates, of which 4 hand-coloured, advertisements at end, ex-library with occasional blind-stamps, modern cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 1851.

West Indies.- Jamaica.- Gosse (Philip Henry) A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica, first edition, 1851.

West Indies.- Jamaica.- Gosse (Philip Henry) A Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica, first edition, half-title, tears with neat repairs, lithograph frontispiece and 7 plates, of which 4 hand-coloured, advertisements at end, ex-library with occasional blind-stamps, modern cloth-backed boards, 8vo, 1851.

Philip Gosse (1810-1888) UK, Archival Print

Philip Gosse (1810-1888) UK, Archival Print. Depicts a parasitic anemone. Calliactis parasitica is a species of sea anemone associated with hermit crabs. It lives in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea at depths between the intertidal zone and 60 m (200 ft). It is up to 10 cm × 8 cm (3.9 in × 3.1 in) in size, with up to 700 tentacles, and is very variable in colour. Size: 19 x 13 in. Philip Henry Gosse FRS, known to his friends as Henry, was an English naturalist and populariser of natural science, an early improver of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology. #1920 Location Box 10

Philip Gosse (1810-1888) UK, Archival Print

Philip Gosse (1810-1888) UK, Archival Print. Depicts the clonal plumose anemone. Metridium senile, the Plumose, Fluffy, or Frilled anemone, is a species of sea anemone in the family Metridiidae. As a member of the genus Metridium, it is a type of plumose anemone and is found in the seas off north-western Europe and both the east and west coasts of North America. Size: 19 x 13 in. Philip Henry Gosse FRS, known to his friends as Henry, was an English naturalist and populariser of natural science, an early improver of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology. #1919 Location Box 10

Philip Gosse (1810-1888) UK, Archival Print

Philip Gosse (1810-1888) UK, Archival Print. Titled "Starfishes". Depicts two types of starfish on a underwater rock. Size: 19 x 13 in. Philip Henry Gosse FRS, known to his friends as Henry, was an English naturalist and populariser of natural science, an early improver of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology. #1917 Location Box 10

[ENGLAND, NATURAL HISTORY] A Naturalist's Rambles on the Devonshire Coast

Philip Henry Gosse A Naturalist's Rambles on the Devonshire Coast London: John Van Voorst, 1853. First Edition. 21cm x 14.5cm. xvi, 451 pages, [6] advertisements, 22 plates, some in colour. Rebacked, brown cloth, gilt lettering. Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) was a naturalist, populariser of natural science, and innovator of marine biology. This volume documents his nine month residence on the shores of North and South Devon, revealing many strange objects and curious creatures represented in beautifully illustrated and hand coloured plates. Rebacked with new endpapers. Minor soiling and rubbing to cloth. Tanning. Foxing to edges with some scattered throughout. Very Good Condition.

Jamaica - Gosse, Philip Henry

Jamaica - Gosse, Philip Henry Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica. London: Jacob van Voorst, 1849. Large 8vo, plate volume only, 52 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some heightened with gum arabic, 4pp. text including title, contemporary half morocco, light worming slightly affecting title and margin of 2nd leaf, light stain to some inner margins, lower margin of 7 plates strengthened on verso, one plate (Himantopus nigricollis) with loss to image

Gosse, Philip Henry

Gosse, Philip Henry. A History of the British sea-anemones and corals. Londra, Van Voorst, 1860. In 8° (223 x 143 mm); xl, 362 pagine. 11 tavole cromolitografiche a colori rifinite a mano e 1 in bianco e nero. Legatura editoriale in tela verde con decorazioni in nero e in oro ai piatti e al dorso. Bell’esemplare “with coloured figures of the species and principal varieties”. Nel lotto anche Histoire naturelle des crustacés di Louis Augustion Guillaume Bosc del 1802 in 2 volumi e The elements of conchology del 1816. (4 volumi) 200

GOSSE, Philip Henry (1810-1888). The Birds of Jamaica. Londres: John van Voorst, 1847. In-12 (192 x 125 mm). Avec le feuillet d'errata. (Petites déchirures marginales.) Toile verte de l'éditeur, avec encadrement à froid (dos passé, manques aux charnières et aux coiffes). Provenance: Wm. Floyer Cornish (ex-libris manuscrit avec la date de 1847). [Avec] -- DU MÊME. Illustrations of the Birds of Jamaica. Ibid.: id., 1849. Grand in-8 (267 x 181 mm). Titre et un feuillet (Avertissement et table des planches), 52 lithographies par et d'après Gosse, rehaussées à la main (numérotées 2, 4, 6-10, 12, 14, 16-24, 28, 32, 34, 37, 38, 40-42, 44, 45, 52, 53, 56, 58-62, 64-67, 74, 84, 85, 90, 93, 102, 104, 108, 110, 111, 113 et 120, conformément à la table). (Mouillure aux titres, avertissement et 6 premières planches, marges des autres planches un peu gondolées.) Basane brune de l'époque, dos à nerfs (reliure très abîmée et mouillée avec les plats détachés). ÉDITION ORIGINALE. Réunion du volume de texte de Gosse, paru en 1847, et du volume de planches destinées à l'illustrer paru deux ans plus tard. L'intention originelle avait été de représenter chaque espèce décrite dans le texte, mais l'Avertissement au début du volume de planches précise que, dans la mesure où un certain nombre de ces espèces ont déjà été représentées avec succès dans d'autres ouvrages à la portée du grand public, celui-ci se concentrera, en 52 planches, sur des espèces nouvelles ou plus rares. La numérotation des planches ayant cependant déjà été exécutée, celle-ci n'est pas continue. Ces deux volumes sont généralement considérés par les bibliographies (à l'exception de Nissen) comme deux ouvrages séparés, alors que les légendes des planches font explicitement référence aux pages du premier volume. Gosse passa dix-huit mois en Jamaïque, d'octobre 1844 à juillet 1846, afin de recenser oiseaux et insectes non encore décrits. Nissen IVB, 367; Wood, p. 363, Zimmer, p. 250. (2)

Gosse, Philip Henry

Gosse, Philip Henry A naturalist's sojourn in Jamaica. London: Longman &c., 1851. First edition, 8vo, 8 lithographed plates, several coloured, original cloth, Cruising Association Library gilt stamp on upper cover and small oval blindstamp on title, head of spine rubbed

GOSSE (PHILIP HENRY)

Omphalos; An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot, first edition, publisher's cloth, rebacked preserving original spine [Freeman & Wertheimer 81, binding c], 8vo, John Van Voorst, 1857; and 5 others, evolution (6)

GOSSE (PHILIP HENRY)

The Canadian Naturalist, first edition, half-title, without advertisements, publisher's ribbed cloth, slightly faded [Freeman and Wertheimer 1], J. van Voorst, 1840--SOWERBY (G.B.) Popular British Conchology, 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, Lovell, Reeve, 1854--ROBERTS (AUSTIN) The Mammals of South Africa, 1951--SMITHERS (FRAYN H.N.) The Mammals of the South African Subregion, 1983, publisher's cloth, dust-jackets, unless otherwise stated, 8vo and 4to; and approximately 40 others, zoology (quantity)