The Oceanic Hydrozoa; a description of the Calycophoridae and Physophoridae observed during the voyage of H.M.S. "Rattlesnake" in the years 1846-1850. ...

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London: Printed for the Ray Society 1859. Folio. Or. boards with cloth spine. Printed paper title-label on front cover. (X144pp.). With 12 full-page engrv. plates accomp. by descriptive letterpress. Some minor bruising on plates & accompanying text. Slightly foxed. Complete copy. Rare. NOTE: Thomas Huxley the eminent English biologist whilst serving as Assistant-Surgeon on the survey vessel H.M.S. "Rattlesnake" herein records his researches into the hydrozoas discovered in the waters of the Barrier Reef Torres Straits New Guinea and the Louisiade Archipelago. Not in Ferguson.