19th Nov, 2021 12:00
Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science
Hudson & Gosse, Folio Folder of Rotifera, 1886
a folio folder of plates of the Rotifer, 1886, by Charles Thomas Hudson and Philip Henry Gosse, in green folder with ROTIFERA in gold lettering to the top board, with marbled covering to the inside including 35 plates numbered 1 - 34 and one plate marked D, plates accompanied with index cards, handwritten replacements up to plate fifteen then the original printed index pages, index pages missing from plates 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, foxing an discolouration to edges of some plates, folder scuffed and worn on edges.
Footnote: Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) was a British naturalist and Charles Thomas Hudson (1828-1903) a British naturalist published their book 'The Rotifera; or Wheel-Animalcules' in 1886 in two volumes text and plates, we have been unable to find a copy in this format as a folder with loose plates.
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a folio folder of plates of the Rotifer, 1886, by Charles Thomas Hudson and Philip Henry Gosse, in green folder with ROTIFERA in gold lettering to the top board, with marbled covering to the inside including 35 plates numbered 1 - 34 and one plate marked D, plates accompanied with index cards, handwritten replacements up to plate fifteen then the original printed index pages, index pages missing from plates 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, foxing an discolouration to edges of some plates, folder scuffed and worn on edges.
Footnote: Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888) was a British naturalist and Charles Thomas Hudson (1828-1903) a British naturalist published their book 'The Rotifera; or Wheel-Animalcules' in 1886 in two volumes text and plates, we have been unable to find a copy in this format as a folder with loose plates.
Auction: Fine Photographica & Instruments of Science, 19th Nov, 2021
