Canon A. M. Norman; Thomas Scott — The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall

London, William Wesley And Son, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy, in original binding, featuring 24 monochrome plates. A 1906 first edition copy, in original green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.Written by Thomas Scott, and Alfred Merle Norman - a clergyman and naturalist who won the coveted Gold Medal of the Linnean Society for his scientific work in 1906, the same year this title was published.Illustrated with detailed diagrams of crustaceans, compiled across 24 monochrome plates to the rear of the book.Collated, complete.Sympathetic hand-colouring to plate XIX. Bound in original green cloth. Externally, smart. Damp staining to boards. Fading and shelf wear to spine. The odd mark and age toning to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. The odd spot to plates. Hand-colouring to plate XIX. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .