The Natural History of British Fishes de Edward Donovan - 1802-08: Including Scientific and General Descriptions of the Most Interesting Specimens
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The Natural History of British Fishes: Including Scientific and General Descriptions of the Most Interesting Specimens
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Complete with 120 beautiful copperplate engravings, drawn, engraved and coloured by the author. Donovan made his drawings from recently caught fish, most while they were still living. The text often describes the location the fish was caught: the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, was "an elegant little specimen caught near the coast of Brighton."
Depicts several endangered species such as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, and Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, and the critically endangered European sturgeon, Acipenser sturio, and angelshark, Squatina squatina.
"The paint is laid on so thickly that is frequently impossible to see the engraved lines underneath. The already rich colour is heightened with burnished highlights, albumen overglaze and metallic paint."
Complete five volumes bound in two (1,2 and 3,4,5),
Edward Donovan (1768-1837) was an Anglo-Irish naturalist and the author and illustrator of a number of important natural history books on British flowers, birds, shells, insects and animals. A Fellow of the Linnaean Society and the Wernerian Natural History Society, he wrote and illustrated The Natural History of British Insects 1792~, The Natural History of British Birds 1794~, An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of China 1798, The Natural History of British Shells 1799~, An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of India 1800~, The Natural History of British Fishes 1802~, An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland 1805, etc. He was also a voracious collector, once paying 83 guineas for a rare specimen of a cream-coloured courser, Cursorius cursor, and from 1807 to 1817, he opened his extensive collection to the public as the "London Museum and Institue of Natural History." He died penniless in 1837, bankrupted by his expensive publications and collecting habits, and an acrimonious lawsuit against his thieving publishers, the Rivingtons.
Contemporary half leather, rebacked keeping the original spines with green title labels and gilt, original marble boards scuffed and stained but holding, original marble endpapers with hinges taped. Interior mostly clean, all plates with rich and vibrant hand colour, some slight age-toning to the paper.
A lovely complete set of the classic of British ichthyology.
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- Fecha de publicación 1802-08
- Tamaño Octavo, 24 x 15cm
- Palabras clave Edward Donovan, British Fishes, handcoloured, copperplate engraving, ichthyology, fishes, zoology,
- Size Octavo, 24 x 15cm
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Encyclopædia, or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems, comprehending the history, theory, and practice of each according to the latest discoveries and improvements; and full explanations given of the various detached parts of knowledge, whether relating to natural and artificial objects, or to matters ecclesiastical, civil, military, commercial, &c.; including elucidations of the most important topic relative to religion, morals, manners, and the oeconomy of life : together with a description of all the countries, cities, principal mountains, seas, rivers, &c. throughout the world; a general history, ancient and modern, of the different empires, kingdoms, and states; and an account of the lives of the most eminent persons in every nation from the earliest ages down to the present times; compiled from the writings of the best authors, in several languages; the m: 18 volumes.
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Sancti Gregorii Magni Papae Primi opera: Sixti V. Pont. Max. iussu, diligentissime emendata, atq[ue] aucta, et in tomos sex distributa. Quæ vero in singulis continentur tomis, in cuiusque eorum initio explicantur.
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"There are some so restless that when they are free from labour they labour all the more, because the leisure they have for thought, the worse interior turmoil they have to bear."
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"Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
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"There are some so restless that when they are free from labour they labour all the more, because the leisure they have for thought, the worse interior turmoil they have to bear."
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"Let us read and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."
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The Natural History Of British Fishes: Including Scientific And General Descriptions Of The Most Interesting Species And An Extensive Selection Of Accurately Finished Coloured Plates, Taken Entirely From Original Drawings, Purposely Made From The
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Amsterdam: Christie's Amsterdam, 1997. Softcover, measuring 8.25" x 10.50" in glossy photographic wraps, 98pp., photograph illustrations throughout. Staple binding, with slight tear on second leaf, otherwise in very good + condition. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.