THE SEA AND ITS LIVING WONDERS BY DR G. HARTWIG 1873 FINE LEATHER BINDING

[HARTWIG, G.]. The Sea and Its Living Wonders: A Popular Account of The Marvels of the Deep and of the Progress of Maritime Discovery from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873.

Fourth edition, enlarged and improved. Hardcover. Leather-bound. Octavo, 8°, (220 x 140 mm.), pp. [xx], 518. Bound in contemporary half leather, spine gilt, all page edges and endpapers marbled, half-title, 7 plates with tissue guards, folding colour map of the hemispheres, hundreds of woodcuts throughout the text, index at rear in double columns. The frontispiece illustrated with a plate showing an Arctic sled-journey. Condition: FINE. Binding tight and secure, the hinges perfectly intact. Covers and contents near immaculate. Small prize plate to front pastedown.