A History of British Fishes. YARRELL (William).

WITH TWO SUPPLEMENTS

A History of British Fishes Illustrated by nearly 400 woodcuts. In two volumes.

With woodcut title page vignettes.

Two volumes. 8vo. [230 x 156 x 33 mm]. xxxvii, 408 pp; 472, [6] pp. Bound in full blue cloth with blind fillet borders to the covers, spine lettered in gilt, with yellow endleaves. (Spines and corners a little bumped and rubbed, some wear to the corners, spines slightly faded).

London: John Van Voorst, 3, Paternoster Row, 1836

With:

YARRELL (William).

Supplement to the History of British Fishes. Illustrated with woodcuts. In two parts.

Illustrated with woodcuts throughout.

8vo. [230 x 150 x 12 mm]. iv, 48, 72, [4] pp. Bound in full blue cloth with blind fillet borders to the covers, spine lettered in gilt. (Spine and corners a little bumped and rubbed).

London: John Van Voorst, 1, Paternoster Row, 1839

With:

YARRELL (William), RICHARDSON (John) - editor.

Second Supplement to the First Edition of the History of British Fishes, Being also a first supplement to the second edition.

With black and white frontispiece portrait, illustrated with woodcuts throughout.

8vo. [230 x 150 x 13 mm]. xxiii, 36, 30 pp, [2]ff. Bound in blue cloth, blind fillet borders to covers, spine lettered in gilt. (Spine and corners a little bumped and rubbed).

London: John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, 1860

Neat ink inscriptions to the front fly leaves of both volume 1 and volume 2. Some light foxing, most noticeably in volume 1, sewing is weak in some places. Volume 1 with errata: 'Vol. ii. near the top of pages 317, 318, 320, 322, 324, for Anguillidae, read Muraenida' which have been corrected in pencil throughout volume. The portrait frontispiece to the second supplement is a little off-set. A very good copy of Yarrell's wonderfully illustrated ichthyological volumes.

First published serially from 1835 to 1836, Yarrell's History of British Fishes was very favourably reviewed and reprinted within a year.

Stock no. ebc9148