London: John Van Voorst, 1841. Second edition.. Some foxing to the original gray boards, there is an old wrinkle to the top inner corner of front free endpaper in volume 2, light foxing to the endpapers only, the text is very bright and clean; a tight copy in very good condition.. Pp. xlviii, (i); 464; pp. (iv), 628; with 500 wood-engravings. Contemporary one-half brown calf leather over the original publisher's gray boards, spine with five raised bands with red morocco title label lettered in gilt in one compartment, the volume number is gilt-stamped in another compartment, the remaining four compartments are decorated in blind in floral designs, speckled page edges, 8vo. A very important work by William Yarrell on the natural history of British fishes, freshwater and marine. There are an additional 100 illustrations in this second edition. According to Westwood & Satchell, Bibliotheca Piscatoria, pp. 243-4, this set is "Indispensable." Signature of W Villiens Fowke on the front attached endpaper of each volume. Page 465 in volume 2 has some old neat marginal annotations - likely in the hand of W Villiens Fowke. No other ownership marks.

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Bookseller: Natural History Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7917
Title: A History of British Fishes, in two volumes (second edition)
Author: Yarrell, William
Book Condition: Used - Some foxing to the original gray boards, there is an old wrinkle to the top inner corner of front free endpaper in volume 2, lig
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: John Van Voorst, 1841. Second edition.
Bookseller catalogs: Ichthyology;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.

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