The sea-weed collector's guide
Subtitle: containing plain illustrations for collecting and preserving, and a list of all the known species and localities in Great Britain
By: by J. Cocks
Contributors: Harvey, William H. (William Henry), 1811-1866; Newman, Edward, 1801-1876, printer; Ford & West; Borders Regional Library (Selkirk, Scotland)
Publisher: John Van Voorst
Published: 1853
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Collection and preservation; Marine algae; Botanical specimens; Algae
Other titles: Seaweed collector's guide; List of the British marine algae, arranged systematically, after Professor Harvey's manual.; Alphabetical index of the British marine algae, localities where found, and time of appearance.
Notes: The frontispiece (counted as p. [i]-[ii], and accompanied by a blank tissue guard-sheet) is signed: Ford & West, Lith.

"Printed by E. Newman ... Bishopsgate, London"--Colophon.

"A list of the British marine algae, arranged systematically, after Professor Harvey's manual": P. [41]-87.

"Alphabetical index of the British marine algae, localities where found, and time of appearance": P. [89]-120.

R.F.G. Hollett & Son; purchased with endowment funds; 2006; $113.77.

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SCNHRB copy 39088012158507 has an old library stamp: Borders Regional Library; with [its?] ms. ink shelf-mark on verso of t.p.

SCNHRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Alice E. Kennington Rare Book Fund.

SCNHRB copy has a contemporary blind-stamped green embossed-cloth binding with gilt-lettered spine.