Glaucus
Subtitle: or, The wonders of the shore
By: by Charles Kingsley
Contributors: Dickes, William, 1815-1892, engraver; Richard Clay (Firm)
Edition: Fourth edition corrected and enlarged; with coloured illustrations
Published: 1859
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Natural history; Marine animals; Seashore animals
Other titles: Wonders of the shore; Glaucus :
Notes: "The basis of this little book was an Article which appeared in the North British Review for November, 1854."--P. [7].

Plates are colour wood engravings produced using the "Baxter Process", with areas and lines that are printed with an intaglio metal plate.

All plates are with imprint: "W. Dickes.".  Three also include imprint: "G. B. Sowerby & C. K. del.".  All are with numbered title captions.

Colour plates are the same as those used in the "Fifth edition" of this title published in 1873 by Macmillan and Co.  See McLean D 0631.

Includes "Appendix. Explanation of Plates.": p. [211]-230.

Publisher's advertisement on p. [1] at end.

Gift; Garrett Herman; 2017; RB339257.

MASS copy: Bound in green pebble-grain cloth blocked in gold and blind; a.e.g.  Upper cover blocked in gold with the same illustration of the mythical figure Glaucus as used on the cover of McLean D 0631. With presentation inscription dated 1864.  With brown painted endpapers.  Upper free endpaper pasted to inside of upper cover.

Fisher copy: Bound in blue pebble-grain cloth blocked in gold and black; text block edges gilt; with brown endpapers; with the autograph of H. C. R. Burn dated 1872.