Alfred William Alcock - A Naturalist in Indian Seas - 1902

A very RARE and beautiful book..."A Naturalist in Indian Seas, or, Four Years with the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship "Investigator" published by Murray in 1902.
Bound in olive coloured cloth with black crab design & gilt lettering to cover & gold lettering to spine with light wear around edges and corners, shelfwear. xxiv,328pp. uncut. t.e.g. b/w frontispiece with tissue guard. 98 b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. The findings of the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship, "Investigator" first appeared in the Times of India & now in book form. Inside plates very good, text with light stains but overall clean and complete.
•The voyages, marine surveys, and biological discoveries of the Royal Indian Marine survey ship Investigator.
• Geographic Focus: The Indian Ocean, including the Laccadive Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Andaman Sea.
• Structure:
• Part I: An introduction to marine surveys, sea beds, tides, currents, coral reefs, and coastal regions around India.
• Part II: Detailed descriptions of deep-sea fauna (fish, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, and sponges).
• Part III: Appendices listing dredging stations and an extensive bibliography of the Investigator.
• Illustrations: Features numerous black-and-white plates of marine specimens and a folding map- a bit foxed.