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Title: Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society - twelve volumes - plus 2 other journals containing 19th century reporting on aquariums Author: Place: New York Publisher: Office of the Society Date: 1904-1931 Description: Annual reports, 12 volumes. Illustrated with photograph plates. Dates of reports include 1904, 1906-1910, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1924, and 1931. (8vo) green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, emblem embossed on front covers. The 1924 edition is in green cloth-backed pale green boards, lettered in black, gilt spine. The New York Zoological Society was chartered in 1895. Here we have 12 annual reports from the society. Of note is the 1906 report which includes reporting on the New York Aquarium, which had opened in 1896, plus reporting on cultivating fishes in natural and artificial ponds. The lot also includes 2 more volumes of bound journals including reporting on aquariums & fish: Nature Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly with Popular Articles about Nature. Edited by Percival Sheldon Ridsdale. Vol. 3, Nos. 1-6. Jan - June, 1924. (4to) bound in green cloth, gilt spine. With interesting article by Dr. E. Bade on "Curious Ornamental Fish," plus an article by William T. Innes on "Aquarium Fishes and Their Care." Scribner's Monthly. Bound volume of issues from Nov. 1876 to April, 1877. With 13 pp. article titled "The New York Aquarium," which begins issue Vol. XIII, No. 5. With lots of illustrations. Lot Amendments Condition: Light rubbing at extremities of most; else near fine. Item number: 248835