The natural history of British fishes: including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species...

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Description: Edward Donovan's enormous artistic output includes fish, insects, birds, and mammals. More artistic than accurate, Donovan etched and colored most of the illustrations.
Names: Donovan, E. (Edward), 1768-1837 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1802 - 1808; Place: London; Publisher: Printed for the author, and for F. and C. Rivington
Library locations: Rare Book Division; Shelf locator: *KF 1802 90-591
Topics: Fishes -- Great Britain; Fishes in art
Genres: Prints; Books; Illustrations
Notes: Content: NYPL copy bound in 3 v., with title pages to v. 3 and 5 bound out of sequence at the beginning of 2nd and 3rd physical vols. Vol. 5 has imprint: Printed for the author, and for F., C. and J. Rivington.
Physical Description: Extent: 5 v. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.; Etchings; Hand-colored
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPG90-B91444; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11399861; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3ec86960-c6c7-012f-d945-58d385a7bc34