first edition
1853
by Cocks, J.
1853. London: John van Voorst, 1853.
Sm. slim 8vo, xvii, 120, (4, ads.)pp. Color frontispiece (partially slightly faded). Original grey-green cloth rebacked, front end-paper creased, internally clean and sound.
§ First edition of this early book on the subject. John Cocks was the first to discover the red seaweed Stenogramme interrupta. The first part constitutes a "how to" guide to recognising, gathering, cleaning, drying, and mounting specimens followed by: "A list of the British marine algae, arranged systematically, after Professor Harvey's manual": P. [41]-87. and "Alphabetical index of the British marine algae, localities (truncated)
Sm. slim 8vo, xvii, 120, (4, ads.)pp. Color frontispiece (partially slightly faded). Original grey-green cloth rebacked, front end-paper creased, internally clean and sound.
§ First edition of this early book on the subject. John Cocks was the first to discover the red seaweed Stenogramme interrupta. The first part constitutes a "how to" guide to recognising, gathering, cleaning, drying, and mounting specimens followed by: "A list of the British marine algae, arranged systematically, after Professor Harvey's manual": P. [41]-87. and "Alphabetical index of the British marine algae, localities (truncated)