Hints for the formation of a fresh-water aquarium : published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

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Hints for the formation of a fresh-water aquarium , [1857]

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Title(s):: Hints for the formation of a fresh-water aquarium : published under the direction of the Committee of General Literature and Education, appointed by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Published/Created:: London : The Society, [1857].
Physical Description:: iv, 132 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
SF457 .H5 1857
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/739274
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Color plates engraved by William Dickes; after J. Johns. Other illustrations unsigned or by [Josiah Wood?] Whimper.
Bound in gold- and blind-stamped blue publisher's cloth.
Binder's ticket: S. Curtis.
Date from Eng. cat. of books.
Subject Terms:: Aquariums.
Aquatic plants.
Clay, Richard -- Printer.
Curtis, S. -- Bookbinder.
Fishes.
Hamond, George, -- Autograph.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:: Chromoxylographs -- [1857].
Wood engravings -- [1857].
Contributors:: Dickes, William, 1815–1892, engraver.
Whymper, Josiah Wood, 1813–1903, engraver.
Johns, J., ill.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain). General Literature Committee.
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