RICHARDSON, John (1787-1865). Icones Piscium, or Plates of Rare Fishes, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Part I [?all published], 4° (320 x 256mm). 5 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Original stitched wrappers. Nissen ZBI 3387. This first fasciculus of a larger projected work contains illustrations of rare Australian fish after original drawings by James B. Emery, First Lieutenant of The Beagle. See Preface. With John Richardson & John Edward Gray's The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror (London, 1844, Parts I-IV only, plates including 17 hand-coloured). (5)
RICHARDSON, John (1787-1865). Icones Piscium, or Plates of Rare Fishes, London: Richard and John E. Taylor, 1843. Part I [?all published], 4° (320 x 256mm). 5 hand-coloured lithographed plates. Original stitched wrappers. Nissen ZBI 3387. This first fasciculus of a larger projected work contains illustrations of rare Australian fish after original drawings by James B. Emery, First Lieutenant of The Beagle. See Preface. With John Richardson & John Edward Gray's The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus & Terror (London, 1844, Parts I-IV only, plates including 17 hand-coloured). (5)
Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!
Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.
Create an alert
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
.jpg "Source: Christie's")
