DONOVAN, Edward (1768-1837). The Natural History of British Fishes , London: Bye and Law for the author and for F. and C. Rivington, 1802-08. 5 volumes, 8° (231 x 137mm). 120 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Donovan. (Plate 30 spotted, a few plates and leaves lightly browned.) Contemporary calf (upper cover of vol. IV detached, some lettering-pieces lost, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance : Honourable William Henry Irby 1804 (bookplates). FIRST EDITION. The finely coloured plates depict all of the common British fish species as well as a number of rarer visitors: sun-fish, king-fish, electric-ray, and others. Freeman p.113; Nissen ZBI 1141; Wood p.322. (5)
DONOVAN, Edward (1768-1837). The Natural History of British Fishes , London: Bye and Law for the author and for F. and C. Rivington, 1802-08. 5 volumes, 8° (231 x 137mm). 120 hand-coloured engraved plates by and after Donovan. (Plate 30 spotted, a few plates and leaves lightly browned.) Contemporary calf (upper cover of vol. IV detached, some lettering-pieces lost, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance : Honourable William Henry Irby 1804 (bookplates). FIRST EDITION. The finely coloured plates depict all of the common British fish species as well as a number of rarer visitors: sun-fish, king-fish, electric-ray, and others. Freeman p.113; Nissen ZBI 1141; Wood p.322. (5)
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