Maury, MF. (1860). The Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology; being a reconstruction and enlargement of the Eighth Edition of “The Physical Geography of the Sea”. London:

Sampson Low

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Maury, MF. (1860). The Physical Geography of the Sea and its Meteorology; being a reconstruction and enlargement of the Eighth Edition of “The Physical Geography of the Sea”. London: Sampson Low, Son & Co. 485+xxxiii pp. + 17 plates, 15 of which at rear and mostly folding out.  HB. Brown leather covered embossed boards with gilt lettering and figuring to boards and spine. Marbled endpapers. Foredges red. Signature of first owner inside front free endpaper, dated 1860. Binding sound. Pages age toned but clean, minor foxing to first 4 pages and plates at rear. In good condition. First published in the US in 1855. This the first edition of the revised  and enlarged 8th edition and the first British edition. Maury is considered as the ‘Father of Oceanography’.