‘Ocean Flowers And Their Teachings’ ~ by Mary Matilda Howard; pub by Binns And Goodwin, Bath, nd but there is an inscription on inside page with ‘Dec 20th 1854’ noted so an early edition if not a 1st edition of 1846. Bound in red leather with title and design on front cover & spine in gilt; aeg, 8vo, 154pps plus 37 specimen plates & frontispiece (1 plate missing from p48); front inside spine is cracked and back inside spine is a little delicate, also there is a crack on the spine on p140; there is quite a bit of foxing on the first 4/6 pps, with some minimal foxing on some pps through the book; covers and spine a a little rubbed; otherwise a good clean copy of this quite rare books that would be suitable for an aficionado of this subject. #442