BEAUTIFUL WORK ON BRITISH FISH

HOUGHTON, W.

British Fresh-Water Fishes. Illustrated with a coloured Figure of each Species drawn from Nature by A.F. Lydon and numerous Engravings. (Division I-II, all).

London, William Mackenzie, (1879). Small folio. Bound in 2 fine original pictorial full brown cloth. Richly gilt backs and front covers. Excellent condition. 2 half-titles, 2 title-pages. XXVI, 204 pp. and all 41 chromolithographic plates, all with tissue-guards, 64 woodengravings in the text.

First edition of this beautifully illustrated work on English fresh-water fishes, with both plates and text in fine clean condition. All fishes depicted within detailled settings and backgrounds.

Nissen ZBI: 2009.

Order-nr.: 28151