The Voyage of the Challenger. The Atlantic. A preliminary account of the general results of the Exploring Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876, two volumes

Pp. xx, [17]-391, portrait frontispiece, 14 other plates including folding color maps, illustrations in text with some full page; pp. viii, [9]-349, 4 (ads), folding color map as frontispiece, 28 other plates including folding color maps, illustrations in text with some full page.  Publisher's green pebble cloth, gilt-decoration on front covers, gilt-lettered on spine, beveled edges, lg 8vo.  The scientific voyage of the Challenger is considered the birth of modern oceanography. Signature of Mr. H. C.  Egau.