Houghton, William
British Fresh-Water Fishes
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
London: William Mackenzie, 1879. First edition, 2 volumes, folio, original red pictorial cloth gilt, 40 chromoxylographic plates (of 41);
Grandville, J. J. Les metamorphoses du jour. Nouvelle édition. Paris: Garniere frères, 1869. Large 8vo, contemporary red quarter morocco, all edges gilt, 71 hand-coloured engraved plates including additional title-page, all showing anthropomorphic animals, tissue-guards, occasional light spotting;
Idem. Les fleurs animées. Nouvelle édition. Paris: Garnier frères, c.1870. 2 volumes, large 8vo, contemporary red quarter morocco, green vellum tips, 54 hand-coloured engraved plates including additional title-pages (all but 2 hand-coloured), variable spotting;
[Darton & Co., publishers]. [The Child's Own Book of Animals], c.1847. Oblong folio, original cloth, recased, title-page discarded, 12 hand-coloured lithographic plates each with leaf of descriptive text, binding sunned and marked, plates slightly toned and spotted, a few text-leaves nicked or frayed;
Jardine, Sir William. British Salmonidae. London: Decimus, 1979. Facsimile edition, one of 500 copies, large folio, original quarter morocco, colour plates, slipcase;
and 2 others on angling (9)