River gardens : being an account of the best methods of cultivating fresh-water plants in aquaria : in such a manner as to afford suitable abodes to ornamental fish, and many interesting kinds of aquatic animals / by H. Noel Humphreys ...
Published / Created:
London : Sampson Low, Son, and Co., 1857.
Physical Description:
vii, 107, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts SF457 H8 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundRare Books and Manuscripts SF457 H8 Copy 2
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
British Art Center has 2 copies in variant trade bindings. Both have binder's tickets that read: Bone & Son, 76 Fleet Street, and have same design gold-stamped on cover. Copy 1 is bound in blue morocco grain cloth & copy 2 is bound in red diagonal wave grain cloth.Copy 1 has the autographs of Elizabeth & George Whipple.Title vignette.Initials; tail-pieces.Printed by Thomas Harrild.Advertisements: [4] p. at end.Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 218Selected exhibitions: “Pleasures and Pastimes" (Yale Center for British Art, February 21 - April 29, 1990).
Exhibition History:
Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Subject Terms:
Whipple, Elizabeth Martha Beckley -- Autograph, 1860. | Whipple, George Matthews, 1842–1893 -- Autograph. | Bone & Son -- Bookbinder. | Harrild, Thomas -- Printer. | Low (Sampson), Son, and Co. -- Publisher. | Aquariums. | Aquatic plants.