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Book cover with jellyfish from Figuier's The ocean world
Finnin, Denis
American Museum of Natural History
New York, NY, United States
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- Title: Book cover with jellyfish from Figuier's The ocean world
- Creator: Finnin, Denis
- Subject: Rare books, Aquatic invertebrates, Ocean life
- Specimen Location: American Museum of Natural History Library Rare Book Collection
- Rights: Information on rights available at the repository
- Repository: American Museum of Natural History
- Publisher: American Museum of Natural History Research Library
- Note: Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library
- Imprint: London New York : Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1872]
- Identifier: b11979525
- Edition: New ed. revised by E. Perceval Wright with 435 illustrations
- Description of Publication: vi, 656 p. : ill. 19 cm.
- Department / Discipline: Invertebrate Zoology
- Date of Publication: [1872]
- Date: 2011
- Collection Title: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Name: Rare Book Collection
- Collection Description: The images of the Rare Book Collection highlight some of the art, illustrations, engravings, maps, and sketches from the over 14,000 rare materials housed at the Library. The Museum Library’s Rare Book Collection includes field diaries and scrapbooks, richly illustrated fragile and uniquely bound materials, limited and/or autographed editions; published and unpublished materials with special Museum association; materials of high monetary value; and rare books relevant to natural history, especially in those fields of interest at the Museum. This image collection commences with all of the artwork showcased in Natural Histories: Extraordinary Rare Book Selections from the American Museum of Natural History Library: Essays & Plates, a book edited by the Library’s Director, published in October, 2012.
- Call Number: QL121 .F47 1872
- Book Title: The ocean world: being a description of the sea and some of its inhabitants
- Bibliographic Number: <a href="http://libcat1.amnh.org/record=b1197952" target="_blank">b11979525</a>
- Author: Figuier, Louis, 1819-1894
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