Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879, River gardens , 1857
- Title(s):
- 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 ManuscriptsSF457 H8 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/581632
- 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, 218
Selected exhibitions: “Pleasures and Pastimes" (Yale Center for British Art, February 21 - April 29, 1990). - Subject Terms:
- Aquariums.Aquatic plants.Bone & Son -- Bookbinder.Harrild, Thomas -- Printer.Low (Sampson), Son, and Co. -- Publisher.Whipple, Elizabeth Martha Beckley -- Autograph, 1860.Whipple, George Matthews, 1842-1893 -- Autograph.
- Form/Genre:
- Chromoxylographs -- 1857.
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Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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