A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles, in 2 Parts (complete) in 2 volumes

Pp. xi, 203, 15 (ads), 1 (index), 333 text-figures (woodcuts) + pp. iv, 239, (2, ads), 339 text-figures (woodcuts).  Publisher’s original dark green cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and stamped in blind on the front and rear covers, 12mo.  This is likely a mixed set with the binding style and book size slightly different.  Volume 1 (or Part 1) is in dark green ribbed cloth with dimensions of 170mm x 110mm.  Volume 2 (or Part 2) is in dark green cloth with border lines stamped on the covers that are colored in black with dimensions of 163mm x 105mm.  The title page of volume 1 is dated 1855 and the preface is dated July 1855, but the ads at the end of the volume are dated December, 1857.  The title page of volume 2 is dated 1856 and the preface is dated August 1856; the 2 pages of ads at the end have no date.  Thus, it appears that volume 1 is the second printing.  This work covers the entire marine fauna of the British Isles.  Only the internal parasites are omitted.  Gosse drew so