Sold for:
$1,560
$1,560
North, Roger (1653-1734) A Treatise on Fish and Fish-Ponds . London: by J. Goodwin, 1830. Folio, illustrated with eighteen hand-colored copper-plate engravings of fish after Eleazar Albin (fl. 1690-c. 1742), misidentified on the title page as "Ebenezer Albin," and on some plates as "Elizabeth Albin"; the colors of the plates are quite bright and finely done, the herring is enhanced with a glitter; rebound in full buckram, edges trimmed, some spotting and foxing, 12 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01
