1843 FISH Jardine Naturalist FISHING Salmon Carp Ichthyology Sea Scorpion Perch

1843 FISH Jardine Naturalist FISHING Salmon Carp Ichthyology Sea Scorpion Perch

Sir William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist most known for his extensive series of books on natural history, The Naturalists Library.

This edition of Jardines Naturalists Library is beautifully illustrated with engravings of various species of British Fishes by Robert Hamilton! The plates from Jardines works are exceedingly desirable and are found framed and displayed by themselves. This volume showcases various fish such as perch, Basse, Surmullet, Sea-scorpion, haddock, Spanish mackerel, sword fish, wolf-fish, common carp, pike, trout, salmon, and much more. This 1843 edition includes a memoir of Rodelet.

Item number: #30212

Price: $499

Schomburgk, Robert H.

The Naturalists Library, Ichthyology. Vol IV. British Fishes. Vol. I.

Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1843. 1st edition

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

xvi, [1], 18-313, [1]

34 engraved color plates, plus engraved portrait frontispiece and vignette title page

Several in-text illustrations

References: Lowndes 1192

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; secure

Cloth

Size: ~7in X 4.5in (18cm x 11.5cm)

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Condition Report: Excellent