W. Houghton: British Fresh-Water Fishes

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W. Houghton : British Fresh-Water Fishes

William MacKenzie, London, 1879

Original publishers' red cloth boards, upper board with gilt lettering and the image of a fisherman in gilt within a gilt-tooled border which is within a double straight lined black border with fish-shaped cornerpieces, rebacked expertly in six compartments of raised blind-lined bands, gilt lettering on two and four, all edges gilt, endpapers renewed. , An excellent set., Small folio. , P. Volume 1. half-title, blank (2), frontis, title, blank, dedication, blank, preface vii-viii, contents ix-x, introduction xi-xxvi, 1-92; Volume 2. half-title, blank (2), frontis, title, blank, 93-204., Title in red and black. With 41 coloured plates, including the frontis, of different types of freshwater fish, drawn from nature by A.F. Lydon., Volume : Two volumes.

The work deals with the natural history of various species of fish that are known to occur in freshwater bodies of the British Isles., Litchfield 52

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