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Forty Drawings of Fishes Made by the Artists Who Accompanied Captain James Cook on His Voyages to the Pacific 1768-71, 1772-75, 1776-80, Some Being Used by Authors in the Description of New Species
Author:
WHITEHEAD, P. J. P. (Text)
Title:
Forty Drawings of Fishes Made by the Artists Who Accompanied Captain James Cook on His Voyages to the Pacific 1768-71, 1772-75, 1776-80, Some Being Used by Authors in the Description of New Species
Publisher:
The British Museum (Natural History) 1968
Description:
Folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical motif to front board, illus fep, frontispiece, xxxi + unpaginated, illus, coloured plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to base of front board, light staining to bottom page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to covers)`
Keywords:
art sketches drawings marine life nautical fish exploration species Captain James Cook Pacific history