Title
Icones piscium, or, Plates of rare fishes
Title Variants
Alternative:
Australian fish
Alternative:
Plates of rare fishes
By
Richardson, John, Sir, 1787-1865
, author
Emery, James Barker 1789?-1889
, illustrator
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
London, R. & J.E. Taylor, 1843
Notes
On cover: [Part I. Price 10s., Four Coloured Plates.]. Manuscript correction of "Four" to "Five" Coloured Plates.
"First fasciculus - Australian fish"--Page 4.
First separately published work on Australian fishes, featuring fish caught on HMS Beagle.
"Lieut. Emery's drawings."
The first monograph on Australian fish and the only monograph with handcoloured plates of Australian fish. This is also the first fascicle of an intended larger work on Australian fish which was never continued. Folio, with 5 striking original hand colouring plates; 8 pages of the text unopened; some very faint marks, a handsome copy in the original printed paper wrappers, manuscript correction; housed in a clamshell case.
Subjects
Australia
,
Fishes
,
Pictorial works
,
Rare fishes
BHL Collections
BHL Australia
Museums Victoria
Call Number
QL617.7 .R53 1843
Classification
597.0994
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
50530654
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