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A History of The Fishes of The British Islands (4 vol).
A History of The Fishes of The British Islands (4 vol).
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A History of The Fishes of The British Islands (4 vol)

Couch, Jonathan · London

Author
Couch, Jonathan
Date
1862
Place
London
Publisher
Groombridge and Sons
Language
English
Binding
4to. Half green leather with corners, gilt rule to all leather edges, over green pebbled cloth. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to second compartment, gilt autjor/vol# to fourth. Yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Fancy git rule to head and foot of spine. Slight edgewear to volumes with minor loss of color. Corners bumped and rubbed. faint pen numbers to front top leather corner of each volume.
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He trained in succession a large number of fishermen to aid him in his pursuits, and the observations made at and near Polperro during his lifetime and since his death have not been equalled in value at any British station. He was in correspondence with many of the foremost naturalists, and especially rendered aid to Thomas Bewick and to William Yarrell. Another correspondent was Thomas Edward, of Banff, who sent him numerous fish specimens whose identification was doubtful
Category
History & Americana
Record
S.I.5196

Title: A History of The Fishes of The British Islands

Author: Couch, Jonathan

4to. 1862. London: Groombridge and Sons.

Half green leather with corners, gilt rule to all leather edges, over green pebbled cloth. Spine with five gilt decorated raised bands, gilt title to second compartment, gilt author/vol# to fourth. Yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. Fancy gilt rule to head and foot of spine. Slight edgewear to volumes with minor loss of color. Corners bumped and rubbed. faint pen numbers to front top leather corner of each volume. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 248 full page color plates.

Jonathan Couch trained in succession a large number of fishermen to aid him in his pursuits, and the observations made at and near Polperro during his lifetime and since his death have not been equaled in value at any British station. He was in correspondence with many of the foremost naturalists, and especially rendered aid to Thomas Bewick and to William Yarrell.

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