[SPECIMEN ALBUM - SEAWEED]. -- [COOK, James]. Beautiful Sea...
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[SPECIMEN ALBUM - SEAWEED]. -- [COOK, James]. Beautiful Seaweeds, Illustrated by Natural Specimens. Also, Instructions for Collecting & Mounting Marine Algae and a Complete List of all the British Species. Paisley: J. & J. Cook, 1877.
Small folio. Title-page printed in red and black and with a small mounted seaweed specimen above imprint, 34 mounted seaweed specimens (some flaking to few specimens, offsetting to text). Original gilt-lettered and stamped green cloth, edges gilt, recased. Provenance: gift inscription on title-page dated 1895. RARE FIRST EDITION of Cook's famed book of original pressed seaweed samples.
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[SPECIMEN ALBUM - SEAWEED]. -- [COOK, James]. Beautiful Sea...
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