Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810-1888
Title:
A naturalist's sojourn in Jamaica / by Philip Henry Gosse, A.L.S., &c. ; assisted by Richard Hill, Esq., Cor. M.Z.S. Lond., Mem. Counc. Roy. Soc. Agric. of Jamaica.
Published / Created:
London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1851.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 508 p., [1], VII leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QH109.J5 G6 1851
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 688

BEIN 2002 972: Autograph: J. Salusbury [?]. Bookplate of Paul Mellon. Binder's ticket: Bound by Westleys & Co., Friar Street, London. Advertising matter on [34] p. at end not noted in pagination.

Printed by Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-Street-Square.

Lithographed illustrations by the author; printed by M.& N. Hanhart.

Includes index.

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's blind-stamped green cloth. Binder's ticket: Bound by Westleys & Co., Friar Street, London. Inscribed: Henry Lowry, Port Royal Mountain, Jamaica. Publisher's advertisements, [2] 32 p., at end of volume.
Subject Terms:
Natural history -- Jamaica. | Jamaica. | Mellon, Paul, 1907–1999 -- Bookplate (BEIN) | Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans -- Publisher. (BACRB) | Spottiswoodes and Shaw -- Printer. (BACRB) | Lowry, Henry -- Autograph. (BACRB) | Westley's & Co. -- Binder. (BACRB) | M. & N. Hanhart Chromo Lith. -- Printer. (BACRB)
Form/Genre:
Publishers' advertisements. | Binders' tickets (Binding) -- Westley's. | Lithographs -- 1851. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1851.
Contributors:
Hill, Richard, 1795–1872. | Gosse, Philip Henry, 1810–1888, ill. | M. & N. Hanhart Chromo Lith, engraver.