1892 Catalogue of the British Echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History)

Description

Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this impressively illustrated study of the echinoderms - starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers - found in British waters.

Illustrated with sixteen engraved plates, two of which are vibrant chromolithographs. Collated, complete.

A fascinating and detailed scientific analysis from English zoologist Francis Jeffrey Bell, who specialised in echinoderms and spent most of his working life at the British Museum.

Presented by the Trustees of the British Museum to the Guernsey Society of Natural Science, with bookplates stating this to the front pastedown and front free endpaper.