1852 FISH ART Jardine Naturalist Ichthyology Guiana Natural History Gar FISHING

1852 FISH ART Jardine Naturalist Ichthyology Guiana Natural History Gar FISHING

A significantly rare first edition of volume five of ‘Ichyology’ from Sir William Jardine’s ‘Naturalist’s Library’ entitled, ‘The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana.’ Edited by Sir William Jardine and written by Robert H. Schomburgk, Esq., this work provides a fascinating 19^th-century survey on aquatic wildlife. This scientific treatise provides 30 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting a variety of fish native to the British Guianas such as, Gar, cychla, centrarchus, trygon, and much more! Also included is a portrait and memoir of Swiss traveller and Orientalist, John Lewis Burckhardt.

Item number: #30560

Price: $499

SCHOMBURGK, Robert H.; [JARDINE, Sir William] (Editor); STEWART, Mr. (Illus.)

The Naturalist’s Library: Ichthyology. Vol. XL. Fishes of British Guiana

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: Henry G. Bohn, 1852.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [14], 17-214
  • 32 plates (including portrait frontispiece and vignette title page)
    • 30 hand-colored plates
  • References: Lowndes 1192
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Red cloth
  • Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11cm)

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