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Biology - Zoology - Jardine, William. Illustrations of the British Salmonidae with Descriptions. With 12 old colored copper plates by W. H. Lizars after drawings by Jardine and 4 (1 colored) text vignettes (3 engraved, 1 in woodcut). Edinburgh, self-published, 1839-41. 12 pp. Text (without the mostly missing title), silk shirts for the plates preserved. 64 x 50 cm. Unbound in 2 original half-leather folders with gilt-stamped cover titles (somewhat rubbed, bumped and with light-staining, the capitals scuffed, 1 joint somewhat torn, closing straps missing). Only edition, one of about 70 completed copies. - Nissen, ZBI 2092 - Jackson & Davis, Sir William Jardine. A Life in Natural History, pp. 60-62 - One of the most profound studies on English and Irish salmon, trout and related species, at the same time one of the most beautiful fish books ever. Jardine made the drawings immediately after catching the fish at the water's edge; for the quickly fading coloration of the fish he enlisted the services of John Gould's colorist, Gabriel Bayfield. The depictions are life-size and finely executed in every detail. - "Jardine was the foremost ichthyologist in Scotland, perhaps even in the United Kingdom, in the nineteenth century. He was a fine fisherman and fished the Annan, which flowed through his rock in Dumfriesshire, and the best stretches of the Tweed when he lived for three years at St Boswells, Roxburghshire. One of his aims was to establish the life cycles of the salmon and the sea trout ... His interest in fishing and fisheries led to his appointment as one of the royal commissioners to the Salmon Fisheries Survey of England and Wales in 1860." (Jackson & Davis, p. X). - Text sheets and plates in excellent condition. VAT: *
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Biology - Zoology - Jardine, William. Illustrations of the British Salmonidae with Descriptions. With 12 old colored copper plates by W. H. Lizars after drawings by Jardine and 4 (1 colored) text vignettes (3 engraved, 1 in woodcut). Edinburgh, self-published, 1839-41. 12 pp. Text (without the mostly missing title), silk shirts for the plates preserved. 64 x 50 cm. Unbound in 2 original half-leather folders with gilt-stamped cover titles (somewhat rubbed, bumped and with light-staining, the capitals scuffed, 1 joint somewhat torn, closing straps missing). Only edition, one of about 70 completed copies. - Nissen, ZBI 2092 - Jackson & Davis, Sir William Jardine. A Life in Natural History, pp. 60-62 - One of the most profound studies on English and Irish salmon, trout and related species, at the same time one of the most beautiful fish books ever. Jardine made the drawings immediately after catching the fish at the water's edge; for the quickly fading coloration of the fish he enlisted the services of John Gould's colorist, Gabriel Bayfield. The depictions are life-size and finely executed in every detail. - "Jardine was the foremost ichthyologist in Scotland, perhaps even in the United Kingdom, in the nineteenth century. He was a fine fisherman and fished the Annan, which flowed through his rock in Dumfriesshire, and the best stretches of the Tweed when he lived for three years at St Boswells, Roxburghshire. One of his aims was to establish the life cycles of the salmon and the sea trout ... His interest in fishing and fisheries led to his appointment as one of the royal commissioners to the Salmon Fisheries Survey of England and Wales in 1860." (Jackson & Davis, p. X). - Text sheets and plates in excellent condition. VAT: *
