Description:
North, Roger (1653-1734) A Treatise on Fish and Fish-Ponds. London: by J. Goodwin, 1830.
Folio, illustrated with eighteen hand-colored copper-plate engravings of fish after Eleazar Albin (fl. 1690-c. 1742),misidentified on the title page as "Ebenezer Albin," and on some plates as "Elizabeth Albin"; the colors of the plates are quite bright and finely done, the herring is enhanced with a glitter; rebound in full buckram, edges trimmed, some spotting and foxing, 12 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.
Estimate $2,500-3,000
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