1879 Hardwicke’s Science-Gossip Volume XV | Victorian Natural History, Botany, Geology & Scientific Illustrations

A fascinating Victorian scientific periodical, Hardwicke’s Science-Gossip Volume XV (1879), richly illustrated throughout with hundreds of wood engravings covering botany, entomology, ornithology, geology, paleontology, microscopy, marine life, meteorology, and natural history. Intended for both amateur and professional naturalists, the publication served as a forum for scientific observation and discovery during the height of the Victorian era’s enthusiasm for the natural sciences.

This volume contains an extraordinary variety of articles and illustrations, including studies of wildflowers, lichens, butterflies, birds, fossils, starfish, microscopic organisms, geological formations, and scientific apparatus. Particularly appealing are the decorative chapter headings, elaborate engraved initials, and numerous full-page and in-text illustrations that bring the natural world vividly to life. The breadth of subjects represented makes this an excellent reference for collectors of natural history, Victorian science, botany, geology, and scientific illustration.

Bound in its original blue cloth with gilt titling. Binding tight. Pages clean. Numerous illustrations throughout. A handsome and well-preserved Victorian scientific volume.

Condition: Very Good

Size: Approximately 10 1/4” x 7”

A wonderful addition to any collection of Victorian natural history, scientific illustration, botany, geology, or natural science literature.