LIFE AND HER CHILDREN : GLIMPSES OF ANIMAL LIFE FROM THE AMOEBA TO THE INSECTS; With Upwards of 100 Illustrations
London, England: Edward Stanford, 1883. Hardcover. Octavo, 7.5 in. x 5 in., pp. xii, 312, [4] (advertising). Illustrasted with tissue-guarded frontis and many drawings. Dark blue cloth with gilt title and gilt and black life-science design to front and spine. All edges gilt. Rubbing to spine ends and corners with bottom corners nudged. Unmarked interior, Preliminary pages detached at base of hinge, but holding at top. Good Plus. Item #100476
Arabella Buckley (1840-1929) was a populariser of science, particularly for younger learners, who was acquainted with a number of well known scientists including Charles Lyell, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
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