INVENTORY #100939
The Canadian Naturalist: A Series of Conversations on the Natural History of Lower Canada
GOSSE, P. H.
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This is the first work published by zoologist Philip Henry Gosse, describing the nature around Compton, Quebec.The text takes the form of a conversation between father and son in each month of the year, discussing climate, scenery, etc.
Publication Info
- Publisher: John Van Voorst
- Edition: First Edition
- Date Published: 1840
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
xii, 372 p. 19 cm. 44 engravings. Title page vignette. Black cloth with blindstamped decoration front and back. Rebacked with original spine reapplied. A few mild marks to covers, corners worn. Cut-out photograph of the author pasted onto front free endpaper. First two pages detached. Tiny binder's label on back pastedown.