Philip Henry Gosse - A History of the British Sea Anemones and Corals. - 1860

First edition, in publisher's dark green cloth, spine & front board stamped w/coral motif in gilt,ivory clay coated endpapers,356pp. plus index. Clean & tight, illustrated w/12 full page plates, 11 being full color chromo lithographs of dramatic richness, it has many smaller black & white woodcut throughout the text. Freeman 1390; Freeman & Wertheimer 108.