1843 FISH 1ed Jardine FISHING Piranha Salmon Dorsa Ichthyology Africa Guiana ART

1843 FISH 1^ed Jardine FISHING Piranha Salmon Dorsa Ichthyology Africa Guiana ART

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 32 beautifully hand-colored engraved plates depicting a variety of fish native to the Guianas located in Northeast South America such as porcupine acanthicus, shark-tailed hypostoma, black doras, tiger pimelodus, flat-headed platystoma, piranha saw-bellied salmon, carp, fishing implements, and much more! Also included is a portrait and memoir of Swiss traveller and Orientalist, John Lewis Burckhardt.

Item number: #30211

Price: $499

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

The Naturalist’s Library: Ichthyology. The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana.

Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars; London: S. Highley; Dublin: W. Curry, Jun. and Co., 1843. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [2], xv, [3], 17-214, [2]
  • 32 engraved plates (including frontispiece and title page)
  • Portrait of Burckhardt
  • Several in-text illustrations
• References: Lowndes 1192
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Cloth
• Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)

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