British Fresh-Water Fishes HOUGHTON The Rev. W. [William] 1828-1895. Publisher: William Mackenzie Publish Year: 1879 Publish Place: London: 69, Ludgate Hill. E.C. Edinburgh and Dublin Illustrator: LYDON A.F. [Alexander Francis] 1836-1917. Category: Miscellaneous, Foreign Travel, Antiquarian Book, History, Reference Book No: 007687 Status: For Sale Book Condition: Very Good Size: Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall Jacket Condition: Unknown Binding: Hardcover Book Type: Unknown Edition: 1st Edition Inscription: Unknown £3,500 Add to Basket Ask a question Refer to a friend Additional information Complete with Forty One Fine Coloured Plates. First edition, VG, folio, full dark green morocco, rounded edges, elegant gilt & blind tooling, corners rubbed. Spine, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling & titles, edges rubbed. Internally, half title, coloured frontis, [7], (viii-xxvi), [1], 204 pp, 41 brightly coloured large folio chromo-lithographed plates, tissue guarded, 39 vignettes (B&W) and 25 illustrations within text, occasional very light foxing, a.e.g., gilt tooled turn ins, blue marbled endpapers, small bookseller label to fpd (Gilbert). (372*277 mm). Drawn from nature by LYDON A.F. A very handsome copy, beautifully bound. Houghton, a Shropshire clergyman, aimed his book at the fisherman rather than the naturalist, and the text (of which there is, unusually, plenty) gives information about recognition, feeding and breeding habits, habitat, bait and so on (Buchanan - Nature into Art, 168. Nissen ZBI 2009. Anker 59, Nissen IVB 136 . Bree).
