first edition
1860 · New York
by Marsh, George P.
New York: Charles Scribner, 1860. First edition, thick 8vo, pp. viii, 697; original dark brown pebble-grained cloth, spine ends slightly cracked and spine a bit sunned; all else very good and sound. Marsh was one of the early associates of J. A. H. Murray working on the great Oxford English Dictionary. Today he is perhaps better known for his Man and Nature (1864) an important work in the conservation movement. Kennedy 439.
(Inventory #: 42346)