A History of the British Zoophytes
by Johnston, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Worn condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Library. Boards detached. Loss to spine. Foxed
- Seller
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W H Lizars. Worn condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Library. Boards detached. Loss to spine. Foxed. 1838. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 140mm (9" x 6"). xii, 341pp + plates. 45 b/w plates. A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, George Johnston lived in Berwick-upon-Tweed in the north-east of England. He found zoophytes a particularly fruitful field of study. To the physiologist, sponges, jellyfish, corals and various invertebrate animals, such as a sea anemone or sponge, that attach to surfaces and superficially resemble plants, and the like presented the simplest independent structures compatible with the existence of animal life, enabling him to examine some of its phenomena in isolation from the greater complexity that higher anatomies entail. .
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- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0336a
- Title
- A History of the British Zoophytes
- Author
- Johnston, George
- Format/Binding
- Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Worn condition. Ex Royal College of Surgeons Library. Boards detached. Loss to spine. Foxed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W H Lizars
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1838
- Keywords
- Natural History, Science, 1750 - 1850 antiquarian
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Barter Books Ltd
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Alnwick, Northumberland
About Barter Books Ltd
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