The ocean world
Subtitle: being a description of the sea and some of its inhabitants
By: from the French of Louis Figuier
Contributors: Wright, E. Perceval (Edward Perceval), 1834-1910
Edition: New ed. / revised by E. Perceval Wright ; with 435 illustrations.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 656
Subjects: Marine animals; Ocean
Notes: "Compiled [partially] ... from 'La terre et les mers' [by Figuier] ... but the larger portion of the work is a free translation of that author's ... 'La vie et les mœurs des animaux.' Other chapters ... are compiled from various sources"--Pref. of 1st ed.

Published simultaneously by D. Appleton, New York.

Includes index.

Dated (p. iv): "November 1, 1872."

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.